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Areesh is trying to build a box fort. He has 8 feet of duct tape.

The instructions are to use 22.5 inches of the tape to secure the roof of the box fort. Then, the remaining
tape should be cut into 5-inch sections to be used on the walls of the box fort. Areesh will use all of the
duct tape as instructed.
Determine the number of 5-inch sections of tape Areesh can cut.

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Answer:

The number of 5-inch cuts if duct tape remainding is 14.

Explanation:

1. 96 - 22.5 = 73.5

2. 73.5/5 = 14.7

3. .7 isnt a full piece of tape, so he has 14 5inch tapes

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