SOLUTION: A manufacturer of bird feeders cuts spacers from a tube that is 10 1/5 inches long. How many spacers can be cut from the tube if each spacer must be 3/5 inch thick?

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Question 326953: A manufacturer of bird feeders cuts spacers from a tube that is 10 1/5 inches long. How many spacers can be cut from the tube if each spacer must be 3/5 inch thick?
Answer by nyc_function(2741) About Me  (Show Source):
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In other words, 10_1/5 divided by 3/5.
Can you take it from here?
You are dividing a mixed number by a proper fraction.
Understand?