word problem with miles

Question

Joe owns land that is 5/3 miles along a shoreline. the town building codes requires that each house has a lot of at least 1/12 of a mile. what is the greatest number of houses Joe can build along the shoreline?

Answer 1

1/12 is the minimum amount of land and you multiply that by a number amount of houses (x) and the total land has to be less than or equal to 5/3.

1/12(x)=5/3 Solve for x by dividing each side by 1/12

*Remember when you divide my a fraction, you must Keep/Change/Flip

x=5/3(1/12) => x=60/3 x = 20 houses