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Wallpaper comes in rolls that are 1 3/4 feet wide. How many side-by-side strips of wallpaper are needed to paper a wall that is 15 feet wide? ( Show work)

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Divide 1 3/4 into 15. I like to change my fractions into decimals, so I will be using the decimal form of 1 3/4, which is 1.75

15 ÷ 1.75 = 8.571

Since there is still some left over, you would need to add one more roll. Therefore, you would need 9 rolls.