Question

Yousef is cutting pieces of construction paper so he can make cards for his family . Each piece of paper is 11 1/2 inches wide. If he cuts that width so he would have two equal-sized smaller pieces, how wide will each smaller piece be? rocine she wants to try requires

Answer 1

Answer:
`\text{Each smaller piece has a width of 5}(3)/(4)\text{inches}`

Explanations:

The total width of each piece of paper:

`\begin{gathered} W\text{ = 11}(1)/(2)\text{inches} \\ W\text{ = }(23)/(2)\text{inches} \end{gathered}`

Yousef cuts the piece of paper into two pieces of paper of equal widths:

Let each of the smaller pieces have a width of w

W = 2w (since the smaller pieces have equal widths)

`\begin{gathered} (23)/(2)=\text{ 2w} \\ 23\text{ = 4w} \\ (23)/(4)=\text{ w} \\ w\text{ = 5}(3)/(4)in \end{gathered}`