Question

Merry and pippin were working on a project in carpentry class. they needed to cut 4 lengths of 1 5/8 feet from a board. how long must the board be to allow this?

Answer 1

Attached the solution and work.

Answer 2

Answer:

Hence, the length of board is:

6.5 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Merry and pippin were working on a project in carpentry class.

They needed to cut 4 lengths of 1 5/8 feet from a board.

That means each of the  piece  is of length 1 5/8 feet which could be written in fraction as:

$1\frac{5}{8}=\dfrac{13}{8} feet$

Hence, the otal length of the board is addition of length of each board.

i.e.

$\dfrac{13}{8}+\dfrac{13}{8}+\dfrac{13}{8}+\dfrac{13}{8}=4\times \dfrac{13}{8}=\dfrac{13}{2}feet=6.5feet$

Hence, the length of board is:

6.5 feet