document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=237447>Question 237447</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> THe platform on the school stage is 8 3/4 feet wide. Each chair is 1 5/12 ft wide. How many chairs will fit across the platform? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #174611 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=174611\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <font face=\"Garamond\" size=\"+2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 8\ =\ \frac{32}{4}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 8\frac{3}{4}\ =\ \frac{35}{4}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "likewise,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1\ =\ \frac{12}{12}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1\frac{5}{12}\ =\ \frac{17}{12}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide the measure of the available space by the measure of each thing to be fit into it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{35}{4}\ \div\ \frac{17}{12}\ =\ \frac{35}{4}\ \times\ \frac{12}{17}\ =\ 35\ \times\ \frac{3}{17}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "which will come out to something with an ugly decimal fraction.  Unless you intend to saw off 3/17ths of a chair so that they fit exactly, you can just drop the decimal fraction and report your answer as the integer part of the above calculation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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