Question

A piece of wood is 1.75 meter long. A carpenter saws off 0.8 meter from it. Then he saws the remaining piece into 2 pieces of equal length.

a: How many meters long is each of the equal pieces?

b: How many centimeters long is it?

Answer 1

A, .475 B, .95

Step-by-step explanation:First you have 1.75m of log right, you 1.75-.8= .95

and .95/2=.475

Answer 2

1) 1.75 - 0.8 = 0.95m

0.95m / 2 = 0.475m

0.475m


2) 0.475 x 100 = 475cm