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Salina has a rope that is 9 feet long. How many pieces can she cut from the rope so that each piece is 1/3 foot long?

User Hai Dinh
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Answer:

27 pieces

Explanation:

If Salina rope is 9 feet long and needs the pieces to be 1/3 foot long than you see that 1 foot= 3 of 1/3 foot long.

SO in that case it would be 27.

User Hammad Raza
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Answer:

27

Explanation:

Each foot of rope can make 3 pieces of 1/3 feet length

1 feet of rope = 3 pieces

There are 9 feet of rope

3 pieces x 9 feet = 27 pieces

So you can make 27 pieces

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