Question

A piece of rope is 15.6 meters long. It is cut into 16 equal pieces. How long is each piece? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

1 m

Explanation:

Given thta,

Length of a piece of rope = 15.6 m

It is cut into 16 equal pieces.

We need to find the length of each piece of rope.

Let the length of each piece is y m.

ATQ,

16 y = 15.6

⇒ y = 0.975

or

⇒ y = 1 m

Hence, the length of each piece is 1 m.