Evelyn's favorite class is woodworking. For her last project, Evelyn glued together 7 strips of wood side-by-side to make a decorative sign. Each strip of wood had the same width. Her finished sign was 14 inches wide.

Question

Let s represent the width of each strip of wood. Which equation models the problem?
Solve this equation to find the width of each strip of wood.
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Answer 1

To model the problem, we know that there are 7 strips of wood, each with width \( s \). The total width of the finished sign is 14 inches. Therefore, we can express this relationship with the equation:

\[ 7s = 14 \]

Now, to solve for \( s \), we can divide both sides of the equation by 7:

\[ s = \frac{14}{7} \]

Calculating that gives:

\[ s = 2 \]

Thus, the width of each strip of wood is \( 2 \) inches.