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Marcus needs to cut a 5 yard length of yarn into equal pieces for his art project. Write an equation that models the length L in yards of each piece of yarn if Marcus cuts it into P pieces?

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  d = 100/)(3x - 0.25)
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For this item, since it is not given how many equal pieces of the yard length, we assume this value as y. The equation would be best if we divide 5 yards into y equal parts is,
d = 100/)(3x - 0.25)
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