Jake has a cable that is 50.7 feet long. He wants to cut it into pieces that are 3.9 feet long. How many 3.9-foot pieces will he get from the cable?
A) 14 pieces
B) 13 pieces
C) 12 pieces
D) 130 pieces

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To find out how many 3.9-foot pieces Jake will get from the 50.7-foot cable, we need to divide the length of the cable by the length of each piece. 
50.7 ÷ 3.9 = 13
Therefore, Jake will get 13 pieces of 3.9 feet from the cable. The answer is B.

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