Answer: 1/12 yards
Step-by-step explanation:
The length of the pieces originally were 1/4 yards.
Jamie then cuts them into a 1/3 of their original length.
The new length is therefore:
= Original length * proportion of original length strips are cut into
= 1/4 * 1/3
= 1/12 yards
Fifty six million eight hundred ninety three thousand
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x = the age of the youngest child
Let x + 1 = the age of the middle child
Let x + 2 = the age of the oldest child
x + x + 1 + x + 2 = 39
3x + 3 = 39
3x = 36
x = 12 years
