Question

A construction worker has a cable that is 8 yards long. He wants to cut it into 9 equal-length pieces. How long will each piece of cable be?

Answer 1

Let's find how many inches each piece of cable will be, by finding how many feet are in 8 yards, then finding how many inches are in that many feet.

Since there are 3 feet in a yard, 3 x 8 = 24. There are 24 feet in 8 yards.

Since there are 12 inches in a foot, 12 x 24 = 288. There are 288 inches in 24 feet.

Now let's find how long each cable will be. 288/9 = 32.

Each piece of cable will be 32 inches long.

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Answer 2

they would be 32 inches because I did it again and got 32 inches or 0.8 yards
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