To find out how many dresses Reggie can make, you need to divide the total amount of fabric he has by the amount of fabric each dress uses.
Reggie has 3 yards of fabric and each dress uses \( \frac{3}{8} \) yard of fabric.
To find the number of dresses, you divide:
\[ \text{Number of dresses} = \frac{\text{Total fabric}}{\text{Fabric per dress}} = \frac{3}{\frac{3}{8}} \]
Dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal:
\[ \frac{3}{\frac{3}{8}} = 3 \times \frac{8}{3} \]
Now, calculate that:
\[ 3 \times \frac{8}{3} = \frac{3 \times 8}{3} = 8 \]
Therefore, Reggie can make 8 dresses.
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