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An electrician needs 14/3 rolls of electrical wire to wire each room in a house. How many rooms can he wire if he has 28/3 rolls of wires?

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Answer:

2 rooms

Explanation:

To solve this, we need to figure out how many 14/3s go into 28/3. We know this because each room needs 14/3 rolls of wire, and we need to figure out how many rooms the electrician needs to wire with 28/3 rolls.

To find how many 14/3s go into 28/3, we can divide 28/3 by 14/3 to get

(28/3) / (14/3)

= (28/3) * (3/14)

= (28/14)

= 2

2 rooms is our answer

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