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Every day, Garrett's burrito stand uses 1 7/10 bags of tortillas. How many days will 8 1/2 bags of tortillas last?

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Answer: 5 days.

Step-by-step explanation: To solve this problem, we first need to convert 1 7/10 bags of tortillas to a decimal number. We can do this by dividing the numerator of the fraction (7) by the denominator (10) and adding the result to the whole number (1) to get 1 + 7/10 = 1.7 bags of tortillas.

Next, we can divide the number of bags of tortillas that Garrett's burrito stand uses per day (1.7 bags) into the total number of bags of tortillas that are available (8.5 bags) to find out how many days the tortillas will last: 8.5 bags / 1.7 bags/day = 5 days

Therefore, the 8 1/2 bags of tortillas will last for 5 days.

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