Brigid is building a table with her mom as a weekend project she needs 5.875feet of wood what is this amount as a fraction

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To express 5.875 feet as a fraction, we can write it as 5 and 875/1000 feet. To simplify this fraction, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by 125:

875 ÷ 125 = 7
1000 ÷ 125 = 8

Therefore, 5.875 feet can be written as a fraction as 5 and 7/8.