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Begin by finding the amount of pepper that Byron uses by multiplying the amount he starts with by the given fraction. Then divide that amount by the number of pepper shakers.
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We want to know how much black pepper will be in each shaker after Byron splits it. We know that he starts with 1 710 kilograms of the pepper and that he uses 78 of it. He then splits this amount of pepper between 7 pepper shakers. We will consider these things one at a time, beginning with finding out how much pepper Byron uses.
a bc=a* c+b/c
a * 1=a
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Multiply fractions
Multiply
a=a/1
a/b÷c/d=a/b*d/c
Multiply fractions
a * 1=a
Split into factors
Cancel out common factors