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70] Problem 70

7 $1/undefined$$1/undefined$$1/undefined$  hekat of meal it made into 100 ''loaves of bread. What is the amount of meal in each loaf and what i: the'' pefsu?

Multiply 7$1/undefined$$1/undefined$$1/undefined$ so as to get 100.

Double the fraction for $1/undefined$

The pefsu is 12$1/undefined$$1/undefined$$1/undefined$

Proof.

7$1/undefined$$1/undefined$$2/3$ hekat make 2520 ro, for

Therefore multiply 100 so as to get 2520.