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a shipment of sugar fills 4 3/8 containers. if each container holds 2 1/7 tons of sugar what is the amount of sugar in the entire shipment.

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4 3/8 = 27/8
2 1/7 = 15/7

every container holds has 15/7 tons of sugar and there are 27/8 containers in total. multiply...

15/7 * 27/8 = 75/8 = 9 3/8 tons of sugar