How many 1 3/4 - foot pieces of ribbon can be cut from a piece of ribbon that is 36 feet long?

20 peaces

Step-by-step explanation:

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step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!