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Pat needs boards that are one half foot long. Which equation shows how many one half foot pieces he can get from a four foot long board

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Answer:

4/.5 = 8

Step-by-step explanation:

You can solve this by adding up .5 8 times to equal 4. Another way to look at it is that you have 4 individual pieces that are a foot long and you decide to split all of them in half. Let me know if you have any other questions.

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Answer:

The equation that shows that is the division between 4 and 0.5 as:


(4)/(0.5)

Explanation:

First, it is necessary to know that one half foot is equivalent to 0.5 foot.

We can solve this using a rule of three in which we know that 1 piece has one half foot long, then 4 foot long how many pieces have. This is:

1 board ----------- 0.5 foot

X ------------ 4 foot

Where X is the number of pieces that he can get from a four foot long board.

Solving for X, we get:


X  = (4*1)/(0.5) = (4)/(0.5)

So, the equation that shows how many one half foot pieces he can get from a four foot long board is:


X=(4)/(0.5)

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