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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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please tell me why

0When we are talking the math, why we say , for example, 10 divided by 5 is 2.02br
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00Why to use "divided" instead of divide?02br
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00Please help me to get the answer. Thank you.0-
  

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0 01i0010 (when it is) divided by 5 is 2.02i02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10When we are talking the math, why we say , for example, 10 divided by 5 is 2.12br
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