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Tom used 5/8 yard of ribbon to tie weights on the tail of his kite. He cut the length of ribbon in equal pieces that were 1/12 yard long. How many pieces, each 1/12 yard long did Tom cut from the 5/8 yard ribbon?

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Here is the solution for the given problem above:
Given: 5/8 yard of ribbon = total length of the ribbon
            1/12 yard = length of the ribbon after Tom cut it equally
            ? = number of pieces of 1/12 yard from 5/8 yard
So to divide fractions, here is the solution
5/8 divided by 1/12
5/8 multiplied by 12/1
5x12 is 60
8x1 is 8.
So 60/8 would be 7.5. Therefore, the number of pieces that was cut from the 5/8 ribbon is 7.5. Hope this answer helps.

Answer:

There are 7.5 pieces.      

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Tom used \(\frac{5}{8}\) yard of ribbon to tie weights on the tail of his kite. He cut the length of ribbon in equal pieces that were \(\frac{1}{12}\) yard long.

To find : How many pieces, each \(\frac{1}{12}\) yard long did Tom cut from the \(\frac{5}{8}\) yard ribbon?

Solution :

The total length of the yard ribbon is \(\frac{5}{8}\)

The length of the one piece cut from total is \(\frac{1}{12}\)

Let 'x' be the number of pieces.

According to question,

\(\frac{1}{12}x=\frac{5}{8}\)

\(x=\frac{5\times 12}{8}\)

\(x=\frac{5\times 3}{2}\)

\(x=\frac{15}{2}\)

\(x=7.5\)

So, There are 7.5 pieces.

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