Cutting wire

If you cut a 3 ½ ft length of wire into pieces that are 2 inches long, how many pieces of wire will you have?

Final Answer:

n =  21

Step-by-step explanation:

a=321=3+21=23 2+1=26+1=27=321=3.5 ft b=a in=a 12  in=3.5 12  in=42 in c=2 in  n=b/c=42/2=21



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