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How many 6/14 feet of rope can you make out of 49/14 peices of rope?

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This word problem is another way of saying

How many times can 6/14 go into 49/14

To find this out we divide

(49/14)/(6/14)

We also know that dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying

=(49/14)(14/6)

=49/6

≈8.16

As we just want how many segments of 6/14 feet rope, we can ignore the decimals/round down getting the answer

Eight pieces of rope can be made our of 49/14 piece of rope.

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