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A flower garden is 22.50 m long. Sheela wants to make a border along one side using bricks that are 0.25 m long. How many bricks will be needed?

Length of flower garden, L = 22.50 m

Length of brick, b = 0.25 m





As we know, when dividing one fraction by another fraction, we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the other.



∴ 90 bricks are needed to make the border.


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