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Mario is setting up a new tent during a camping trip. The tent came with 7 feet of rope. The instructions are to use 34.5 inches of the rope to tie a tarp on top of the tent. then, the remaining rope should be cut into 8 1/4 - inch sections to tie the tent to stakes in the ground. Mario will use all of the rope as instructed. write and solve n equation to determine the number of 8 1/4 - inch sections of rope Mario can cut from the rope

Answer 1

An equation is formed of two equal expressions. The number of sections that Mario can cut from the rope is 6.

What is an equation?

An equation is formed when two equal expressions are equated together with the help of an equal sign '='.

Let the number of 8 1/4 - inch sections of rope Mario can cut from the rope be x.

Since the total length of the rope is 7 feet, which is equal to 84 inches(1 foot=12 inches), the instructions are to use 34.5 inches of the rope to tie a tarp on top of the tent. Therefore, the rope for the 8 1/4 inches section is,

Rope left = 84 inches - 34.5 inches

Since the length of a single section is 8 1/4 inches(8.25 inches), therefore the number of sections that can be made from the remaining section is,

The number of sections, n = Rope left/8.25 inches

                                             = (84 -34.5)inches /8.25 inches

                                              = 6

Hence, the number of sections that Mario can cut from the rope is 6.

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