SOLUTION: A manufacturer of bird feeders cuts spacers from a tube that is 6 2/3 inches long. how many spacers can be cut from the tube if each spacer must be 2/3 inch thick?

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Question 724250: A manufacturer of bird feeders cuts spacers from a tube that is 6 2/3 inches long. how many spacers can be cut from the tube if each spacer must be 2/3 inch thick?
Answer by checkley79(3341) About Me  (Show Source):
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(6 2/3)/(2/3)
[(18+2)/3]/(2/3)
(20/3)/(2/3) INVERT THE DENOMINATOR & MULTIPLY
(20/3)(3/2)=60/6=10 PIECES ANS.