Answer:
Imagine an easier version of this problem: You have a board 5 feet long that you must cut (divide, right?) into two equal parts. It is probably clear to you that you simply divide the length (5) by the number of parts you're dividing it into (2) to obtain the length of each piece (2.5 feet).
Use the same method for your problem 5 feet divided by 6 is 0.83 feet per piece.
We do not ordinarily divide feet into decimal portions, but instead into inches. Since an inch is 1/12 of a foot, you could simply say 5/6 = how many twelfths? or 5/6 = n/12 Solve this by inspection or by cross multiplying 5 times 12 equals n times 6. So n must equal 10, and your pieces of board are each 10 inches long.
Answer:
The perimeter (to the nearest integer) is 9.
Step-by-step explanation:
The upper half of this figure is a triangle with height 3 and base 6. If we divide this vertically we get two congruent triangles of height 3 and base 3. Using the Pythagorean Theorem we find the length of the diagonal of one of these small triangles: (diagonal)^2 = 3^2 + 3^2, or (diagonal)^2 = 2*3^2.
Therefore the diagonal length is (diagonal) = 3√2, and thus the total length of the uppermost two sides of this figure is 6√2.
The lower half of the figure has the shape of a trapezoid. Its base is 4. Both to the left and to the right of the vertical centerline of this trapezoid is a triangle of base 1 and height 3; we need to find the length of the diagonal of one such triangle. Using the Pythagorean Theorem, we get
(diagonal)^2 = 1^2 + 3^2, or 1 + 9, or 10. Thus, the length of each diagonal is √10, and so two diagonals comes to 2√10.
Then the perimeter consists of the sum 2√10 + 4 + 6√2.
which, when done on a calculator, comes to 9.48. We must round this off to the nearest whole number, obtaining the final result 9.
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Turn the feet into meters 1 meter = 100cm and if there is 12cms in a foot than divide 100cm by 12cm and you get 8.3ft
