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Two sevenths of the height of a sailboats tallest mast is 8 feet. How many feet high is the sailboats tallest mast

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Answer:

The answer is 28 ft

Explanation:

Since two sevenths of the height of a sailboats tallest mast is 8 feet, we keep adding two sevenths until we get its tallest mast.

2/7 = 8 ft

4/7 = 16 ft

6/7 = 24 ft

(Adding 1/7 which is 4 feet)

we get 7/7 = 28 ft

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