Question

A board is 20 inches long. It must be cut into four pieces of equal length, and each of the three cuts will cause a waste of 1/2 inches. How long will each piece be after the Cuts are made

Answer 1

Let the length of each cut be x.

Therefore, the following equation holds true:

`4x+3((1)/(2))=20`

Therefore,

`\begin{gathered} 4x=20-(3)/(2)=18.5 \\ x=4.625\text{ inches} \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the required length is 4.625