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Ms. Augello is making tie dye shirts with her students. Each gallon of hot water needs

23\frac{2}{3}

cup of tie dye. If Ms. Augello has

5145\frac{1}{4}

cups of tie dye, how many batches of solution will she be able to make?

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The conditions of the problem translate to the expression

514÷23.\begin{align*} 5\dfrac{1}{4}\div\dfrac{2}{3} .\end{align*}

Converting to fraction results to

5145(4)+14=20+14=214.\begin{align*} 5\dfrac{1}{4} &\Rightarrow \dfrac{5(4)+1}{4} \\\\&= \dfrac{20+1}{4} \\\\&= \dfrac{21}{4} .\end{align*}

Thus the expression 514÷235\dfrac{1}{4}\div\dfrac{2}{3} is equivalent to

214÷23.\begin{align*} \dfrac{21}{4}\div\dfrac{2}{3} .\end{align*}

Since ab÷cd\dfrac{a}{b}\div\dfrac{c}{d} implies abdc\dfrac{a}{b}\cdot\dfrac{d}{c}, the expression 214÷23\dfrac{21}{4}\div\dfrac{2}{3} implies

21432.\begin{align*} & \dfrac{21}{4}\cdot\dfrac{3}{2} .\end{align*}

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