Question

Sarah paints a straight line. The line is 13 1/2 ft long. She wants to divide the line into sections that are each 18 ft long.

Answer 1

The number of sections made is $\frac{3}{4}$

Solution:

Given that, Sarah paints a straight line

The line is $13\frac{1}{2}$ feet

She wants to divide the line into sections that are each 18 ft long

To find: Number of sections

From given,

$\text{Length of line } = 13\frac{1}{2} = 13.5 \text{ feet }$

$\text{Length of 1 section } = 18 \text{ feet }$

Number of sections can be found by dividing the total length of line by length of 1 section

$\text{Number of sections } = \frac{\text{Total length of line}}{\text{length of 1 section}}$

Substituting the values, we get,

$\text{Number of sections } = \frac{13.5}{18} = 0.75 = \frac{3}{4}$

Thus number of sections made is $\frac{3}{4}$