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Joe has a piece of wood that is 8/9 of a foot long. He is going to cut it into 4 equally sized pieces. He is going to sell the 4 smaller pieces of wood for a total of 10 dollars. How large will each of the 4 smaller pieces be? How much is he going to charge for each of the 4 smaller pieces?​

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Explanation:

The wood is (8/9) foot long. If cut into 4 pieces, each piece would be (8/9)/4 foot long.

(8/9)/4

((8/9)(1/4)= 8/36 or 2/9 foot long for each piece.

If he sells all 4 pieces for a total of $10, he will charge $10/4) = $2.50 each.

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