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It takes two-thirds of yard of fabric to make a pillowcase. How many pillowcases can be made from 16 yards of fabric?

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To get the answer we have to divide 16 yards by 2/3. When we are trying to divide number by fraction we can multiply that number by inverse of that fraction. Lets do this
[tex]16: \frac{2}{3} =16* \frac{3}{2}= \frac{16*3}{2} = \frac{48}{2}=48:2=24[/tex] - its the answer