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An Italian sausage is 8 inches long. How many pieces of sausage can be cut from the 8-inch piece of sausage if each piece is to be two-thirds of an inch ?
Please explain step by step I'll understand a lot more please!!!!!!

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An Italian sausage is 8 inches long. How many pieces of sausage can be cut from the 8-inch piece of sausage if each piece is to be two-thirds of an inch ? 
Please explain step by step I'll understand a lot more please!!!!!!

anonymous · Answer

What's two-thirds expressed as a decimal? start from here. :)

anonymous · Answer

this is exactly the same as the last problem, just different numbers

anonymous · Answer

0.666666

anonymous · Answer

yeah it kinda is but I just don't get it and you are really smart do can you help me?

anonymous · Answer

Yes! So each piece must be this size exactly. If we have an 8 inch sausage how many do we need? We know it will be cut up, so division should be used here.

anonymous · Answer

should be x number of 2/3 will become 8 inches :)

2/3x = 8

anonymous · Answer

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