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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Hugo has a piece of flannel fabric that is 5 3/4 feet wide. He cuts it into 4 pieces of equal width. What is the combined width of 3 of the pieces? Justify your answer.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

best way to solve this question is to convert feet into inches.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok thn

OpenStudy (anonymous):

5.75 feet times 12

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how many inches do you get?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

69

OpenStudy (anonymous):

right 69 inches. then it is split into 4 pieces. so 69/4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

17.5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so each piece is 17.5 inches. to get the answer of each piece length in feet. do 17.5/12

OpenStudy (anonymous):

1.45

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the answer is actually 1.4375 feet per piece or 1.44 feet per piece

OpenStudy (anonymous):

now to find the length of 3 of these pieces. do 1.44 times 3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

4.32

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that is correct

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok thnks

OpenStudy (anonymous):

answer is 4.32?

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