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An electrician needs 3/5 of wire to wire each room in a house. How many rooms can he wire with 3 3/5 of wire?

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Explanation:

We can start the problem by finding how much wire is needed to wire one room.

If 3/5 of wire is needed to wire one room, then we can write:

1 room = 3/5 of wire

To find out how many rooms can be wired with 3 3/5 of wire, we can divide the total amount of wire by the amount of wire needed for one room:

3 3/5 ÷ 3/5 = (18/5) ÷ (3/5) = (18/5) × (5/3) = 6

Therefore, the electrician can wire 6 rooms with 3 3/5 of wire.

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