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lbvjy [14]
2 years ago
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A box of pencils is 5 1/4 inches wide. Seven pencils, laid side by side, take up 2 5/8 inches of the width. How many inches of t

he width of the box is not taken up by pencils? Show your reasoning. All the pencils have the same width. How wide is each pencil? Show your reasoning.
Mathematics
2 answers:
IRINA_888 [86]2 years ago
4 0

Answer:

3/8

Step-by-step explantion

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Andre45 [30]2 years ago
3 0

Answer:   Width of box is not taken up by pencils =  2\dfrac58\text{ inches}

Width of each pencil =\dfrac38\text{ inches}

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: Width of pencil box = 5\dfrac14\text{ inches}=\dfrac{21}{4}\text{ inches}

Width of seven pencils = 2\dfrac58\text{ inches}=\dfrac{16+5}{8}\text{ inches}=\dfrac{21}{8}\text{ inches}

Width of box is not taken up by pencils =  Width of pencil box  - Width of seven pencils

\left \{ {{y=2} \atop {x=2}} \right. \dfrac{21}{4}-\dfrac{21}{8}\\\\=\dfrac{21\times2-21}{8}\\\\=\dfrac{21}{8}\text{ inches}=2\dfrac58\text{ inches}

Width of box is not taken up by pencils =  2\dfrac58\text{ inches}

Width of each pencil = (Width of seven pencils ) ÷ 7

=\dfrac{21}{8}\div7\\\\=\dfrac{21}{8}\times\dfrac17\\\\=\dfrac38\text{ inches}

Width of each pencil =\dfrac38\text{ inches}

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