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Byron placed bricks in a row to make a border that was 16.9 feet long. Each brick is 1.3 feet long. How many bricks are in the border? A. 13 B. 12 C. 1.3 D. 1.2

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If each brick is exactly 1.3 feet, diving 16.9 by 1.3 will produce the exact amount of bricks used.

16.9 ÷1.3 = 13

There are 13 bricks in the border (the answer is A.)
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the answer is A. 13, because 16.9/1.3= 13


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