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A 6-acre piece of land is subdivided into 3/7-acre lots. How many lots are there?There are ? lots.

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The given piece of land is 6-acre. It is subdivided into 3/7-acre lots.

Divide 6-acres by 3/7-acre to compute the number of lots.


\text{Use }(a)/((b)/(c))=a*(c)/(b)


(6)/((3)/(7))=6*(7)/(3)


(6)/((3)/(7))=3*2*(7)/(3)


(6)/((3)/(7))=2*7


(6)/((3)/(7))=14

Hence there are 14 lots.

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