Question

An electrician cut 36 feet of wire into sections that were each 8 1/2 feet long. After cutting, how many pieces of wire did the contractor have?

Answer 1

Answer:

4 pieces

Step-by-step explanation:

36 feet should equal the length of each section cut multiplied by the number of sections.

This can be represented like 36=8.5x with x being the number of sections cut.

Therefore 36/8.5=x

x=4.24...

Needs to be rounded down to the nearest whole number as you cant have a fraction of a piece so 4 pieces can be cut.

Hope this helps.