slyness2600 slyness2600
  • 03-06-2018
  • Mathematics
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a pipe is 30 feet long. it needs to be cut into pieces that are 3/5 feet long. how many pieces can be made from the pipe

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jinc0930
jinc0930 jinc0930
  • 03-06-2018
it's basically 30 divide by 3/5
which becomes 30*5/3

The answer is 50
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eudora eudora
  • 17-09-2019

Answer:

50 pieces.

Step-by-step explanation:

The length of the pipe is = 30 feet.

It needs to be cut into pieces that are = [tex]\frac{3}{5}[/tex] feet

We will divide 30 by  [tex]\frac{3}{5}[/tex] feet

30 ÷  [tex]\frac{3}{5}[/tex]

= 30 ×  [tex]\frac{5}{3}[/tex]

= 10 × 5

= 50 pieces

50 pieces can be made from the 30 feet long pipe.

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