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Connor used 56 inches of wire to make a small hook. How many hooks can he make with 10 inches of wire?

A. 12 hooks

B. 1 1/2 hooks

C. 3 1/2 hooks

D. 8 1/3 hooks

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Final answer:

Connor can make approximately 0.178 hooks with 10 inches of wire, which would round down to 1 hook.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find how many hooks Connor can make with 10 inches of wire, we can set up a proportion using the ratio of wire used to make the small hook and the number of hooks that can be made.

The proportion would look like this:

56 inches of wire = 1 hook
10 inches of wire = x hooks

To solve for x, we can cross multiply and divide:

56x = 10
x = 10/56 = 5/28, which is approximately 0.178

Therefore, Connor can make approximately 0.178 hooks with 10 inches of wire.

Since we can't make a fraction of a hook, the closest answer choice would be 1 hook, so the correct answer is B. 1 hook.

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