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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A sporting good manufacture requires 5/8 yds of fabric to make a pair of soccer shorts. How many shorts can be made from 15 yd of fabric?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You want to take the 15 yards and divide it up into groups of 5/8 yards so 15 / 5/8 (when you divide by a fraction, you multiply by reciprocal 15 * 8 - 5 the 5 cancels into the 15 3 times 3 * 8 = 24 pairs of shorts.

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