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It takes half of a yard of ribbon to make a bow. How many bows

can be made with 7 yards of ribbon?
(PLEASE EXPLAIN)
I've been trying to complete these problems since 11:30 last night.

User Maurice Lim
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14 bows can be made with 7 yards of ribbon.
This is because 7 divided by 0.5 equals 14.
User Leonardo Zanivan
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14 because you can make 2 bows with 1 yard and 7 x 2 is 14
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