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Josiah has a piece of wood that measures 10 1/8 feet. he wants to make 5 shelevs. if each shelf is 1 3/4 feet long, does he have enough to make 5 shelevs? explain.

Josiah has a piece of wood that measures 10 1/8 feet. he wants to make 5 shelevs. if each shelf is 1 3/4 feet long, does he have enough to make 5 shelevs? explain.
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Josiah has a piece of wood that measures 10 1/8 feet. he wants to make 5 shelevs. if each shelf is 1 3/4 feet long, does he have enough to make 5 shelevs? explain.

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He does

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User Blueling
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we need to calculate 10 1/8 / 1 3/4

= 81/8 * 4/7 = 81/14 = 5.8

this is > 5 so he does have enough wood to make 5 shelves
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