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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

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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

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