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Desmond is putting his videotape on a shelf. The shelf is 12 inches long. If each videotape is 1 1/2 inches wide, how many video tapes can he put side-by-side on the shelf?
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Desmond is putting his videotape on a shelf. The shelf is 12 inches long. If each videotape is 1 1/2 inches wide, how many video tapes can he put side-by-side on the shelf?

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we have
1 1/2 inches wide------> (1*2+1)/2---> 3/2---> 1.5 in wide

divide 12 inches long by 1.5 in wide
12/1.5=8 video tapes

the answer is
8 video tapes
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