Andrea has a strip of fabric that is 8 2/5 feet long. How many 21 1/0 -foot pieces can she cut from this fabric?(1 point)
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To find the number of pieces Andrea can cut from the fabric, we need to divide the length of the fabric by the length of each piece.
To do this, we first need to convert the mixed number 8 2/5 to an improper fraction.
8 2/5 can be written as the improper fraction (8*5 + 2)/5 = 42/5.
Now we can divide 42/5 by 21 1/10.
To divide fractions, we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction.
Reciprocal of 21 1/10 is 10/21.
(42/5) * (10/21) = (42*10)/(5*21) = 420/105 = 4
So Andrea can cut 4 pieces from the fabric.