HELP heres a math problem ; give me a formula for it please;;; a carpenter has several boards of equal length. he cuts 3/5 of each board.after cutting the boards , he notices that he has enough pieces left over to make up the same length as 4 of the origional boards. how many boards did the carpenter start with?

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2/5 n = 4
n = 10

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HELP heres a math problem ; give me a formula for it please;;; a carpenter has several boards of equal length. he cuts 3/5 of each board.after cutting the boards , he notices that he has enough pieces left over to make up the same length as 4 of the origional boards. how many boards did the carpenter start with?

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2/5 n = 4
n = 10

Steve · Answer

2/5 n = 4 n = 10