Question

debbie anderson cuts a pice of wood meassuring 41/8 inches into two equal pieces. how long is each piece?
the length of each piece is_in.

Answer 1

\(\dfrac{41}{8}/2=\dfrac{41}{16}\)in

you can see it this way:
When you divide a fraction, you can multiply with the inverse of the fraction.
So you flip it upside down.
You can rewrite 2 as a fraction : \(\dfrac{2}{1}\)

So \(\large\dfrac{\dfrac{41}{8}}{\dfrac{2}{1}}=\dfrac{41}{8}*\dfrac{1}{2}=\dfrac{41*1}{8*2}=\dfrac{41}{16}\)

Answer 2

it 21/6

Answer 3

it 2 1/6

Answer 4

You can simplify it to \(2\dfrac{9}{16}\)