How many 1/12 pint servings of pecans are in 5/6 pints of pecans?

The answer is: 10.

The explanation for this answer is shown below:

1. To calculate how many pint servings of pecans are in pints of pecans (which you can call ) you only need to divide the fraction by .

2. Therefore, keeping this on mind, you can divide both fractions by multiplying the first one by the reciprocal of the second one, as you can see below:

3. Then, the result is:

x² + 3x + 7 = 0       [ax² + bx + c]

a = 1

b = 3

c = 7

quadratic formula:

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plug in the numbers into the variables

your answer is a