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What you do to find out how many 3/4 are in 12 3/8 is divide it when you divide it you get 16 1/2 but it asks how many 3/4 and half isn't 3/4 so you round it down to 16 so your answer is 16, 3/4 pieces can be cut, by the was I had this question last year surprisingly I remember that we had this.

Answer:

17 pieces ( approx )

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

Length of the ribbon = [tex]12\frac{3}{8}[/tex] feet,

Length of each piece that have to be cut = [tex]\frac{3}{4}[/tex] foot,

Hence, the number of pieces = [tex]\frac{\text{Length of ribbon}}{\text{Length of each piece}}[/tex]

[tex]=\frac{12\frac{3}{8}}{\frac{3}{4}}[/tex]

[tex]=\frac{\frac{99}{8}}{\frac{3}{4}}[/tex]

[tex]=\frac{396}{24}[/tex]

[tex]=16.5[/tex]

[tex]\approx 17[/tex]