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7. Melissa bought 8 yards of string to make bracelets. She wants to cut the string in equal pieces that is 1/2 yard

long. How many pieces of strings with Melissa have?
A 4
B 16
C 40
D 50
Please answer this it’s for a test and I suck in math I don’t even know how I’m in pre ap

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Step-by-step explanation: To find this answer, you want to divide the amount of yards in half. This is the case since each string is 1/2. So as a result, each yard of whole string will produce 2 strings. To find your final answer, multiply 2 strings by 8 yards.

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