The Doctor Uses $1 \frac { 1 } { 2 }$

The doctor uses $1 \frac { 1 } { 2 }$ feet of a self-adherent gauze wrap to bandage a patient's foot after minor foot surgery. If a new role of this gauze wrap is 12 feet long, how many $1 \frac { 1 } { 2 }$ -foot-long bandages could be cut from a roll?

A) 8 bandages
B) 9 bandages
C) 7 bandages
D) 10 bandages
E) 6 bandages