document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=261899>Question 261899</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do i do this and what is the answer? how many 3/4 foot pieces of string can be cut from a piece of string 4 1/2 feet long </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #192991 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=192991\">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( "If the question were \"how many 2 foot pieces of string can be cut from a 10 foot piece of string,\" how would you do it?  Divide 10 by 2, right?  So what is the difference just because the numbers happen to be fractions?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 4\frac{1}{2}\ \div\ \frac{3}{4}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First change the mixed fraction to an improper fraction:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{9}{2}\ \div\ \frac{3}{4}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Remember the rule for dividing by a fraction: \"Invert and multiply\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{9}{2}\ \times\ \frac{4}{3}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'll leave the arithmetic to you.  It is going to be a whole lot easier to reduce to lowest terms <b><i>before</i></b> you multiply.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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