Question

The length of a board is 30.75 inches. Bradley cut the board into 3 smaller pieces that were all the same length. Which expression represents the length of each smaller piece of board?

Answer 1

The length of each smaller piece, l=L/n inches

Explanation:

This can be expressed as;

Total length=Length per piece×number of pieces

where;

The total length=L

length per piece=l

number of pieces=n

Substituting in the equation;

L=l×n

To get the length of each smaller piece;

l=L/n inches

solving;

l=30.75/3=10.25 inches