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An electrician needs 2 rolls of electrical wire to wire each room in a house. How many rooms can he wire with 1/2 of a roll of wire?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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An electrician needs 2 rolls of electrical wire to wire each room in a house. How many rooms can he wire with 1/2 of a roll of wire?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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The electrician needs 2 rolls of wire for each room. If he only has 1/2 of a roll, he will not be able to wire a full room. Therefore, he can wire 1/2 ÷ 2 = 1/4 of a room.

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