Question

An electrician has a roll with 45 ft of wire. She uses 18 ft of the wire on one project,

and will cut 4 ft sections from the rest of the roll. How many sections will she be able
to cut?
27

Answer 1

After using 18 ft from the 45 ft roll of wire, the electrician has 27 ft left. She can cut 6 whole 4 ft sections from the remaining wire, as partial sections are not countable.

Step-by-step explanation:

The electrician has a roll with 45 ft of wire and uses 18 ft of it on one project. To find out how many 4 ft sections she will be able to cut from the remaining wire, we first calculate the amount of wire left after the initial use.

• Initial wire length: 45 ft
• Used wire length: 18 ft
• Remaining wire length: 45 ft - 18 ft = 27 ft

Next, we divide the remaining wire length by the length of each section she wishes to cut:

• Section length: 4 ft
• Number of sections: 27 ft / 4 ft per section = 6.75 sections

Since she cannot cut a partial section, the electrician can cut 6 whole 4 ft sections from the remaining wire.