Question

A piece of lumber is 17 feet long. You cut the lumber into logs that are 18 inches long.

Answer 1

Answer:

Before doing anything, we must convert the unit of feet into the unit of inches so that all the units match. You cannot multiply apples by oranges!

Since 1 ft = 12 inches, then a 17 foot piece of lumber is 204 inches long.

12(17) = 204

Now, we can write an equation.

Let x = the amount of logs that can be cut from the lumber

204 = x(18)

204/18 = x(18)/18

x = 11.333333.....

You do not want .333333.... of a log, so you can cut 11 logs max.

You will then have that .333333333.... inches of lumber left.

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