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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Meg has a piece of poster board that is 2 2/5feet wide. She needs to fold it into three equal sections. How wide will each section be? 2/3feet 4/5 feet 6 2/5 feet 7 1/5 feet

OpenStudy (asnaseer):

first convert \(\displaystyle 2 \frac{2}{5}\) into an improper fraction

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok so thats 12/5 .. right?

OpenStudy (asnaseer):

correct, now just divide the numerator by 3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thats 4

OpenStudy (asnaseer):

correct, so each section will be 4/5 feet long. here is an explanation of why this is correct: |dw:1343599459810:dw|

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