jim nasium is building a tree house for his two daughters. he cut 12 pieces of wood from a board that is 128 inches long. he cut

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jim nasium is building a tree house for his two daughters. he cut 12 pieces of wood from a board that is 128 inches long. he cut

s 5 pieces that measure 15.75 inches each, and 7 pieces evenly cut from what is left. Jim calculates that due to the width of his cutting blade he will lose a total of 2 inches of wood after making all of the cuts. what is the length of each of the seven pieces?

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Mariulka [41] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-02T10:22:02+03:00

Mariulka [41]3 years ago

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5*15.75=78.75
128-2=126
126-78.75=47.25
47.25/7=6.75
The length of each piece of the seven pieces would be 6.75 inches.

Licemer1 [7] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-02T11:28:31+03:00

The length of each of the seven pieces is 6.75 inches

<h3>Further explanation </h3>

Jim Nasium is building a tree house for his two daughters. He cut 12 pieces of wood from a board that is 128 inches long. He cuts 5 pieces that measure 15.75 inches each, and 7 pieces evenly cut from what is left.

Let we solve this:

He cuts 5 pieces that measure 15.75 inches each, therefore

$15.75 inches* 5 pieces= 78.75 inches$