Answer:
40 loads
Step-by-step explanation:
To find how many loads of wash you can do you need to divide 48 by 1 1/5.
There are two ways you can divide this, the first way is converting 48 to a fraction and dividing them.
48/1 divided by 1 1/5
convert 1 1/5 to an improper fraction
48/1 divided 6/5
change the division to multiplication and find the reciprocal of the second fraction.
48/1*5/6 = 240/6
Simplify to 40/1 or 40
The second way is changing 1 1/5 to a decimal, so its 1.2
Then divide 48 by 1.2 and you get 40.
