Question

Explain how you would find the length of each segment of this bar. The total length of the bar is 26 inches and each of the segments is the same size. Be sure and include the segment length in your explanation.

Answer 1

Answer: 8 2/3

Step-by-step explanation:

the total length of the bar = 26 inches

Because each segment is the same length, we can substitute each segment to be x

3x=26

x=26/3

x=8 2/3 inches