Mr. Yamamoto has a piece of plywood that is 15 1/2 ft. long and 12 3/4 ft. wide. He needs to cut the wood into 12 pieces for the students in his carpentry class. Mr. Yamamoto cuts the length into 4 equal pieces and the width into 3 equal pieces. What are the dimensions of each piece? Express the answers in simplest form.(1 point)

Question

inches long;
inches wide
and u gave the wrong answer for inches long and wide.

Answer 1

To find the dimensions of each piece, divide the total length and width of the plywood by the number of pieces needed.

Length of each piece = 15 1/2 ft / 4 = (31/2) ft / 4 = 31/8 ft
Width of each piece = 12 3/4 ft / 3 = (51/4) ft / 3 = 17/4 ft

To express the answers in simplest form:
Length of each piece = (31/8) ft = 3 7/8 ft
Width of each piece = (17/4) ft = 4 1/4 ft

So, each piece of plywood is 3 7/8 ft long and 4 1/4 ft wide.