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Jim nasium is building a tree house for histwo daughters. He cuts 12 pieces of wood from a board that is 128 inches long.He cuts 5 pieces that measure 15.75 inches each and7 pieces evenly cut from what is left.Jim calculates that,due to thewidth of his cuttingblade, he will lose a total of 2 inches of wood after making all of the cuts. What is the length of each of the seven pieces

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Answer:

6.75 inches each

Explanation:

128 less 2 inches for the cuttingblade

5 x 15.75 = 78.75

126 - 78.75 =47.25

47.25/7 = 6.75

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