Q. A land developer is splitting up 0.78 hectares of land to form 3 identical properties. What size will each property be?_____ hectares
Identify land and properties: Step 1: Identify the total land available and the number of properties.Total land: 0.78 hectares.Number of properties: 3.We need to divide the total land by the number of properties to find the size of each property.Calculation: 0.78÷3
Perform division: Step 2: Perform the division to find the size of each property. 0.78÷3=0.26 hectares per property.This gives the size of each property when the total land is divided equally among the three properties.
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