Question

William Arsenio is remodeling his home in order to save money he is upgrading the plumbing himself he needs 27 pieces of copper tubing each 2/9 of a foot-long if he has a 8 foot piece of tubing will that be enough? How much more does he need or how much tubing will be left over?

Answer 1

Yes.

2 feet

Explanation:

Pieces of copper that Arsenio needs in total = 27 pieces

Length of each piece of copper tubing that he needs = 2/9 foot

Length of available tubing = 8 foot

Since, the length of each piece is 2/9 foot, the length of 27 pieces would be:

`(2)/(9) * 27 = 6`

This means, Arsenio needs 6 feet in total for the copper tubing. Since he got 8 feet in total, he has sufficient amount of tubing available.

After making the 27 pieces, he will be left with 8 - 6 = 2 feet of tubing.