Jenn is cutting a long piece of wire into short pieces to make earrings. She is cutting from a wire that is 25 1/2 inches long.

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Each earring requires 3/4 of an inch of wire. How many earrings can Jenn make?

1 answer:

irakobra [83] · Answer 1 · 2022-10-08T09:38:16+03:00

Answer:

<h2>34 earrings</h2>

Step-by-step explanation:

Step one:

given that the total lenght of the wire is 25 1/2 inches

in decimal, this is 25.5 inches

we are told that each earring requires 3/4 in of wire

in decimal this 0.75 in

Step two:

<em>The number of earrings that can be mad is found by dividing the total length of wire by the length needed to make one earring</em>

The number of earrings that can be made is given as

=25.5/0.75

=34 earrings