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A carpenter has a wooden stick that is 84 centimeters long. She cuts off 25% from the end of the stick. Then she cuts the remaining stick into six equal pieces. What is the length of each piece?
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A carpenter has a wooden stick that is 84 centimeters long. She cuts off 25% from the end of the stick. Then she cuts the remaining stick into six equal pieces. What is the length of each piece?

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length of the first piece

= 25/100 x 84

= 21 cm

length of the remaining portion
= 84-21
= 63

length of each 6 equal pieces

= 63/6
= 10.5
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