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A perfume manufacturer uses 0.875 pounds of rose petals to make each bottle of perfume. How many pounds of rose petals would be needed to make 86 bottles of perume???

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86 bottles of perfume* (0.875 pounds of rose petals/ 1 bottle of perfume)= 75.25 pounds of rose petals.

The correct answer is 75.25 pounds of rose petals~

To solve this problem
Let X be pounds of rose petals needed.
ATQ
0.875 pounds of rose petals are in 1 bottle.
So, 0.875 / 1 = X / 86
( because we have to find how many petals {in pounds}are there  in 86 perfume bottles )
cross muliplying both side.
0.875 * 86 = X
75.25 = X
So, there are 75.25 pounds of petals in 86 perfume bottles.

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