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Sara bought 12 feet of fabric to make curtains. She needs to cut it into 1/4 foot sections. How many sections of fabric will she have.

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Answer: 48 sections

Explanation:

Sara bought 12 feet of fabric. From that 12 feet, she needs to cut out sections that are 1/4 in length.

The number of sections she will have if she does so is:

= Total length of fabric / Length of sections

= 12 ÷ 1/4

= 12 * 4/1

= 48 sections

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