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George has 600 baseball cards and Joy has one fifth as many baseball cards as George. How many baseb

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George has 600 baseball cards and Joy has one fifth as many baseball cards as George. How many baseball cards does joy have?

Let j = Joy's cards and g = George's cards. We have the following equation:

g = 600
j = 1/5g

So j = 600/5
j = 120
 
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