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A piece of licorice is to be cut into 10 equal size pieces it's the lastA piece of licorice is to be cut into 10 equal sized pieces if the length of the piece of licorice is two over three yard, how long will each piece of licorice be

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If you would like to know how long will each piece of licorice be, you can calculate this using the following steps:

the length of the piece of licorice ... 2/3 yard
10 equal size pieces

2/3 yard / 10 pieces = 2/3 / 10 = 2/3 * 1/10 = 1/15 yard

The correct result would be: Each piece would be 1/15 yard long.
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