Question

Luca cut 5 shelves of equal length using 1/2 of a yard of wood. How long was each shelf?

Answer 1

Each shelf was 1/10 of a yard long.

What are Arithmetic operations?

Arithmetic operations can also be specified by adding, subtracting, dividing, and multiplying built-in functions.

What is the fraction?

A fraction is defined as a numerical representation of a part of a whole that represents a rational number.

Given that Luca cut 5 shelves of equal length using 1/2 of a yard of wood

There were 5 shelves.

1/2 divided by 5

⇒ (1/2)/5

⇒ (1/2)/(5/1)

⇒ (1/2)(1/5)

⇒ 1/10  

Hence, each shelf was 1/10 of a yard long.

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