Question

Merry and pippin were working on a project in carpentry class. they needed to cut 4 lengths of 1 5/8 feet from a board. how long must the board be to allow this?

Answer 1

Attached the solution and work.

Answer 2

Hence, the length of board is:

6.5 feet

Explanation:

Merry and pippin were working on a project in carpentry class.

They needed to cut 4 lengths of 1 5/8 feet from a board.

That means each of the piece is of length 1 5/8 feet which could be written in fraction as:

`1(5)/(8)=(13)/(8) feet`

Hence, the otal length of the board is addition of length of each board.

i.e.

`(13)/(8)+(13)/(8)+(13)/(8)+(13)/(8)=4* (13)/(8)=(13)/(2)feet=6.5feet`

Hence, the length of board is:

6.5 feet