Question

The length of a kitchen wall is 24 2/3 feet long . a border will be placed along the wall of kitchen. if the border comes in strips that are each 1 3/4 feet long, how many strips of border are needed? please show work.

Answer 1

You would need 15 boards bc 24.6666 divided by 1.75 is 14.09 and I got those decimal numbers from finding the decimal number of the 24 and 3/4 and the 1 and 3/4

Answer 2

Answer:

15 strips.

Step-by-step explanation:

The length of a kitchen wall = $24\frac{2}{3}$ feet

                                               = $\frac{74}{3}$ feet

A border will be placed along the wall of the kitchen.

The lenth of the border in strips =  $1\frac{3}{4}$ feet = $\frac{7}{4}$

Therefore to find the number of strips of border are needed

= $\frac{74}{3}$ ÷ $\frac{7}{4}$

= $\frac{74}{3}$ × $\frac{4}{7}$

= $\frac{296}{21}$

= $14\frac{2}{21}$

≈  15 strips

15 strips of border are needed.