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Jamie cut a rope into thirds. He used two of the pieces to make a swing. He used equal lengths of the leftover rope on four picture frames. What fraction of the original rope did he use for each picture frame?1/41/121/163/4

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Answer:

1/12

Step-by-step explanation:

If Jamie cut a rope into thirds, the fractional length of each of the rope = 1/3.

He used two of the pieces to make a swing.

The fraction leftover = 1/3

Since he used equal lengths of the leftover rope on four picture frames, we have that:


\begin{gathered} \text{Length for each picture frame=}(1)/(3)/4 \\ =(1)/(3)*(1)/(4) \\ =(1)/(12) \end{gathered}

He used 1/12 of the original rope for each picture frame.

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