A carpenter cuts a board into three pieces of equal and then cuts off 1/4 of one of the pieces. If the smallest board he has is 1 foot in length, what was the length of the original board?

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A carpenter cuts a board into three pieces of equal and then cuts off 1/4 of one of the pieces. If the smallest board he has is 1 foot in length, what was the length of the original board?

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The original board is 16 feet.

Rednafi answered Jan 22, 2019

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