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Derek spent a total 17 2/3 hours completing homework for 9 night he spent about the same amount of time completing homework each night about how much time did Derrick spend on homework each night

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To work this question out, you just have to divide 17 2/3 by 9 days
17 2/3= 53/3
9= 9/1
53/3 ÷ 9/1
Here, you can flip the second fraction and just multiply across
53/3 * 1/9 = 53/27 or 1 and 26/27

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