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Jessie has a piece of wood that is 8 feet long. He needs to cut pieces that are seven eighths of a foot long. How many pieces will he be able to make?

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8 / (7/8) =
8 * 8/7 =
64/7 =
9.14....he will be able to make 9 pieces
User Abhinav Dhiman
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Step
1

Divide
8 by
(7)/(8) to find the number of cut pieces

so


(8)/((7)/(8)) =(8*8)/(7) =(64)/(7) =9.14

therefore

the answer is


9\ pieces



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