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the lengh of a garden is 51 1/3. one section of fencing is 3 2/3 feet long. how many sections of fencing are needed.alongthe length of the garden

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The correct answer would be 14 sections of fencing.

I got this because I took 51.33 (51 and 1/3) and divided it by 3.67 (3 and 2/3). A third is 0.33333, two thirds is 0.66666, and three thirds is 0.99999, so the answer was 13.99 but you can round it to 14.

Hope this helps!
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