Philly and Boston were working on a project in carpentry class. They needed to cut 5 lengths of 2 3/4 feet from a board. How long must the board be to allow this?

Respuesta :

the board must be at least as big as the project's length needed,
so, it needs to be at least [tex]\left( 2\frac{3}{4} \right)+\left( 2\frac{3}{4} \right)+\left( 2\frac{3}{4} \right)+\left( 2\frac{3}{4} \right)+\left( 2\frac{3}{4} \right) \\ \quad \\ or \\ \quad \\ 5\cdot \left( 2\frac{3}{4} \right)\implies \boxed{?}[/tex]

Answer:

The length of the board is 13.75 ft.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given :  Philly and Boston were working on a project in carpentry class. They needed to cut 5 lengths of [tex]2\frac{3}{4}[/tex] feet from a board.

To find : How long must the board be to allow this?      

Solution :  

They needed to cut 5 lengths of [tex]2\frac{3}{4}[/tex] feet from a board.

Let x be the length of the board which is cut into 5 parts and those part length is [tex]2\frac{3}{4}[/tex]

So, The board must be at least as big as the project's length needed,

i.e, [tex]x=5 \times2\frac{3}{4}[/tex]

Now, we solve the expression,

[tex]x=5 \times\frac{11}{4}[/tex]

[tex]x=\frac{55}{4}[/tex]

[tex]x=13.75 ft.[/tex]

Therefore, The length of the board is 13.75 ft.