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Algebra.Com's Answer #239231 by jim_thompson5910(35256) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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If you had 8.5 cm of ribbon, then only $\"8.5%2F8.5=1\"$ student can do the experiment. If you had 17 cm of ribbon, then $\"17%2F8.5=2\"$ students can do the experiment. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So if you had 570 cm of ribbon, then $\"570%2F8.5=67.05\"$ which means that about 67 students can do the experiment (round down to the nearest whole number). \n" ); document.write( "

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