Lily had 95 inches of yarn. After cutting 4 pieces that were each the same length, she had 15 inches of yarn left.
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Yes, the partition gives the two brothers equal shares.
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1:
Assume the entire field has an area of B. So one brother takes ,
, and
So we need to calculate how much this brother takes in terms of B.
To do this we calculate how much is.
Step 2:
To add ,
First take the LCM of the denominators 12, 6, and 4
The LCM is 12, we multiply the denominator to get the LCM value, this same value is multiplied to the numerator too.
Step 3:
One brother gets , so we need to calculate how much the other brother gets.
The other brother's share =
So both the brothers get equal shares