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A seamstress needs to cut 15- inches pices of ribbons from a roll of ribbon that is 9 feet in length. What is the greatest number of 15-inches pieces the seamstress can cut from 5 of these rolls of ribbon?

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the seamstress can cut 36, 15-inch pieces of ribbon from 5 rolls of 9 foot long ribbon.
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