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A manufacturer of bird feeders cuts spacers froma tube that is 5 5/7 inches long. How many spacers can be cut from the tube if each spacer must be 5/7 inch thick?

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Divide 5 5/7 by 5/7, but first, turn 5 5/7 into a regular fraction, which would be 40/7. Then, (40/7)/(5/7) = 40/5 which equals 8.

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