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A ball of string is 50 yards long. A shipper uses 5 yards of string to tie packages. The remaining string is then cut into 7 equal pieces. What is the length of each of the 7 pieces of string.
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A ball of string is 50 yards long. A shipper uses 5 yards of string to tie packages. The remaining string is then cut into 7 equal pieces. What is the length of each of the 7 pieces of string.

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each piece is about 6.43 yards long

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