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You are asked to cut a 180-inch piece of rope into 60,3-inch sections. If it takes 1 minute to make each cut, how many minutes will it take to cut the rope into 60 pieces?

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Answer:

It will take 60 minutes to cut 60 pieces

Explanation:

To cut 180 inch piece into 3 inch section, we will have (180/3)=60 pieces of 3 inch sections

It takes 1 minute=1 piece

To cut 60 pieces=(60Ă—1)=60 minutes

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