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Interpret fraction division

Problem

A restaurant has 5, start fraction, 3, divided by, 8, end fraction pitchers of
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Jada said 5, start fraction, 3, divided by, 8, end fraction, divided by, 1, start fraction, 1, divided by, 8, end fraction could represent the number of total servings if there are 1, start fraction, 1, divided by, 8, end fraction servings per pitcher.
Latanya said 5, start fraction, 3, divided by, 8, end fraction, divided by, 1, start fraction, 1, divided by, 8, end fraction could represent the average number of pitchers the restaurant serves per day if it takes 1, start fraction, 1, divided by, 8, end fraction days to serve all of the horchata.
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