Question

Can anyone help me to answer this....

You have several pieces of bar stock 9 feet long. You need 12 short pieces to complete your installation. How many pieces of bar stock to you need if each short piece is 4 feet long?

Answer 1

2 * 4 ft bars make 8 feet so you could make 2 short bars from each 9 ft bar stock.

So you need 6 bar stock to make 12 short bars.

Answer is 6.