Question

5 1/2 metres long rope is cut into 12 equal pieces. What is the length of each piece?

Answer 1

Total length of rope=5 1/2 metres=11/2 m=5.5 m
no.of pieces=12
length of each piece=5.5/12=55/12 m=4 7/12 m

Answer 2

Answer:

11/24

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

$Total \: length=5 \frac{1}{2} = \frac{2 \times 5 + 1}{2} \\ = \frac{11}{2} \\ Number \: of \: pieces = 12$

Let the length of each piece be x,

$Length \: of \: each \: piece(x) \\ = \frac{Total \: length}{Number \: of \: pieces}$

so,

$x = \frac{ \frac{11}{2} }{12} = \frac{11}{2 \times 12} = \frac{11}{24}$

Therefore, the length of each piece is 11/24.

Hence, the answer is 11/24.