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Max had a rope that he cut into ten 1/5 ft long strips.How long was Max rope before he cut it?
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Max had a rope that he cut into ten 1/5 ft long strips.How long was Max rope before he cut it?

User Panchitoboy
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Well, if 10 divided by 5 is 2, that means Max originally had 2 feet of rope.
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If each piece is ft/5 and there are 10 of them, then the length of the rope before it was cut was:

10(1/5)

10/5

2

So the rope was originally 2 feet long.
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