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A gardener spread 1/4 of a bag of mulch evenly over each of her equal-sized vegetable beds. She used a total of 1/2 of a bag of mulch. How many vegetable beds does she have?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number. vegetable beds

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A gardener spread 1/4 of a bag of mulch evenly over each of her equal-sized vegetable beds. She used a total of 1/2 of a bag of mulch. How many vegetable beds does she have?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number. vegetable beds

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The gardener used 1/2 of a bag of mulch and spread 1/4 of a bag on each vegetable bed. To find out how many vegetable beds she has, you need to divide the total amount of mulch used by the amount used per bed.

So, 1/2 (total mulch) divided by 1/4 (mulch per bed) equals 2.

Therefore, the gardener has 2 vegetable beds.

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