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Tamara has a piece of wire that is 5 feet long. she is going to cut it into 9 equal-size pieces. how long will each piece be?

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Each piece will be 5 inches long because in each feet there is 12 inches so 12 times 5 equals 60 and 60 divided by 9 equals 6.66666666667 and that will be estimated to either each piece 5 inches or 6 inches long
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