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A piece of licorice is to be cut into 10 equal size pieces . If the length of the piece of licorice is 2/3 yard, how long will each piece of licorice be?

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Answer: 20/3

Explanation:

User Phedoreanu
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The first thing to do is turn this into an equation:
2/3 ÷ 10

10 as a fraction is 10/1
2/3 ÷ 10/1 =

Fractional division is just fractional multiplication after switching the numerator and the denominator of the second fraction:
2/3 X 10/1

Fractional multiplication is simply multiplying the numerators by each other, and the denominators by each other:
2 X 10 = 20
3 X 1 = 3

20/3

Each piece of liquorice will be 20/3 or 6 2/3 of a yard long.

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