8X5000 is 40000. There's three zeroes in5000 and no zeroes in 8, yet there are 4 zeroes in the answer. This is because you must multiply the non-zeroes, and then add the zeroes from your factors. 8 times 5 is 40, add 3 zeroes to get 40000.
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When you divide a negative integer by a negative, it becomes a positive. Also, when you have a problem like this...-18/-1/6, you switch the -1 and 6, leaving us -18/-6, but also, in the process of flipping the two numbers, we change to -18*-6. Henceforth...-18/(-1/6)=-18*-6=108.
You need to make a series of equations from what you are given first. I am going to use the first letter of each of the names to represent the length of that persons wire.
1/2s=2/5d
3c=s
s+d+c=6 ft
Okay. Now you can combine the first two equations knowing what s equals:
1/2(3c)=2/5d
d=15c/4
Now you have d=15c/4 and s=3c, so you can replace d and s in the third equation.
3c+15c/4+c=6
Then solve for c and plug it into the equation 3c=s to find the length of sarah's wire.
Answers to 1, 2, and 3 are in the picture