Question
Piece of wood 35 feet 6 inches long used to make 4 shelves of equal length, each shelf is?
Answers
GPT 3.5
To find the length of each shelf, you need to divide the total length of the piece of wood (35 feet 6 inches) by the number of shelves (4).
Before dividing, it's important to have a uniform unit of measurement. Let's convert the inches to feet. Since there are 12 inches in 1 foot, we divide the 6 inches by 12 to get its equivalent in feet: 6/12 = 0.5 feet.
Now, we can add this converted value to the initial length in feet: 35 + 0.5 = 35.5 feet.
To find the length of each shelf, we divide the total length by the number of shelves: 35.5 feet / 4 = 8.875 feet.
Therefore, each shelf is 8 feet 10 and 7/8 inches long.
Before dividing, it's important to have a uniform unit of measurement. Let's convert the inches to feet. Since there are 12 inches in 1 foot, we divide the 6 inches by 12 to get its equivalent in feet: 6/12 = 0.5 feet.
Now, we can add this converted value to the initial length in feet: 35 + 0.5 = 35.5 feet.
To find the length of each shelf, we divide the total length by the number of shelves: 35.5 feet / 4 = 8.875 feet.
Therefore, each shelf is 8 feet 10 and 7/8 inches long.