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A piece of wire is 5.8 m long is to cut into 15 pieces of the same length what is the length of each piece?

Correct answer:

x =  0.3867 m

Step-by-step explanation:

$$\begin{gathered} l=5.8\text{ m } \\ n=15 \\ x=l\mathrm{/}n=5.8\mathrm{/}15=0.3867\text{ m} \end{gathered}$$

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