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nine yards of ribbon are cut into 8 equal pieces. what is the length of each piece of ribbon? write a division expression to represent the problem and solve

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divide 9 by 8 to get your answer...dont forget to label
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Each piece length will be 1/8 part of the whole piece, so as the total length is 9 yards then we will have that the lengh of each piece is one and eighth yard. The division expression is as follows: Piece length = 9 * 1/8 = 9/8 = (8+1)/8 = 8/8+1/8 = 1 + 1/8 = 1 + 0.125 = 1.125 yards
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