Question

A rope was 19.25 inches

Long. lester cut the rope into 7 equal piece lengths. What was the length of each piece of rope in inches

Answer 1

Length of each piece of rope is 2.75 inches

Solution:

Given that, rope was 19.25 inches long

Lester cut the rope into 7 equal piece length

To find: length of each piece of rope in inches

From given,

Total length of rope = 19.25 inches

Number of equal pieces = 7

To find the length of each piece of rope in inches, divide total length of rope by number of equal pieces

`\text{Length of 1 piece of rope } = \frac{\text{total length of rope}}{\text{number of equal pieces }}`

Substituting the values we get,

`\text{Length of 1 piece of rope } = (19.25)/(7) = 2.75`

Thus length of each piece of rope is 2.75 inches