Arnaud paid $350 for a rug. The price of the rug that Bill purchased was 2/5 the price that Arnaud paid. How much did Bill pay for his rug?

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Arnaud paid $350 for a rug. The price of the rug that Bill purchased was 2/5 the price that Arnaud paid. How much did Bill pay for his rug?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-02T02:01:34

I found: #$140#

Explanation:

We can multiply to get:
#2/5*$350=$140#
You can think that #2/5# of a quantity means that you divide that quantity in 5 equal parts of which you take only 2 of them.

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Arnaud paid $350 for a rug. The price of the rug that Bill purchased was 2/5 the price that Arnaud paid. How much did Bill pay for his rug?

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