Question

Elena is binding a small booklet with a spine that is inches long. She uses staples that are -inch long. If she puts the staples end-to-end through the booklet, without gaps or overlaps between them, how many staples would it take to bind the booklet?

Answer 1

The question is incomplete as it is missing the length of the book spine and length of the staple.

Assume the question goes thus :

Elena is binding a small booklet with a spine that is 15 inches long. She uses staples that are 0.5 -inch long. If she puts the staples end-to-end through the booklet, without gaps or overlaps between them, how many staples would it take to bind the booklet?

Answer:

30 staples

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

Length of book spine = 15 inches

LENGTH of staple = 0.5 inch

Since it is assumed that staples are applied end-to-end on the book without gaps ; the number of staples which will be used is ;

Length of book spine / length of staple

= 15 inches / 0.5 inch

= 30 staples