A magician is doing a rope trick with a rope that is 7/8 ft long. During the trick he cuts a piece that is 1/6 of the original. How long is the cut piece?

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Chandra Kumar · Answer 1 · 2020-12-10T11:46:06+0000

Total length of rope 7/8 feet long.

He cuts a piece that is 1/6 of the original length.

Let x = length of the cut piece.

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