Question

A plumber has a 40-ft piece of a PVC pipe. How many 7/5-foot pieces can be cut from the 40-foot piece ?

Answer 1

The answer is 28 pieces

Answer 2

29 pipes of the 7/5 foot pieces can be cut from the 40-foot piece.

What are Arithmetic operations?

Arithmetic operations can also be specified by subtracting, dividing, and multiplying built-in functions. The operator that performs the arithmetic operation is called the arithmetic operator.

Given the following data;

The total length of PVC pipe = 40 foot

The required length of PVC pipe = 7/5 foot

To determine how many 7/5 foot pieces can be cut from the 40-foot piece.

To do this we would divide the 40-foot piece of PVC pipe by 7/5.

⇒ 40 ÷ 7/5 = (40)5/7

⇒ 200/7

⇒ 28.57

So the number of pipes = 28.57 ≈ 29 pipes.

Therefore, the plumber can make 29 pipes.

Thus, 29 pipes of the 7/5 foot pieces can be cut from the 40-foot piece.

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