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A piece of rope is 33 1/3 yards long and was cut into equal pieces. How many yards was each piece?

User Dan Guzman
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Answer:

11 ¹/₉ yards

Explanation:

You didn't say how many pieces. My answer is for 3 equal pieces.
33\frac13/3=(33+\frac13)/3=33/3+\frac13/3=11+\frac13*\frac13=11+\frac19=11\frac19

For two it would be:


33\frac13/2=(33+\frac13)/2=33/2+\frac13/2=16\frac12+\frac13*\frac12=\\\\=16\frac36+\frac16=16\frac46=16\frac23

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