Ruth Anne used 0.8 meters of cord to trim a picture frame. How many more frames of this size can she trim with 13.5 meters of additional cord.
Katherine --
13.5 / 0.8 = ?
Round down.
To find out how many more frames of the same size Ruth Anne can trim with 13.5 meters of additional cord, we need to divide the total length of the additional cord by the length of cord used for trimming one frame.
Length of cord used for trimming one frame = 0.8 meters
Total additional cord available = 13.5 meters
Number of frames that can be trimmed = Total additional cord available / Length of cord used for trimming one frame
Number of frames that can be trimmed = 13.5 meters / 0.8 meters
Number of frames that can be trimmed = 16.875
Since we cannot have fractional frames, Ruth Anne can trim 16 additional frames of the same size with 13.5 meters of additional cord.
To solve this problem, we need to determine how many frames can be trimmed using the given amount of additional cord.
First, let's calculate how many frames Ruth Anne can trim with the initial 0.8 meters of cord. We divide the total length of cord available by the length of cord used per frame:
Number of frames = Total cord available / Cord used per frame
= 0.8 meters / 0.8 meters
= 1 frame
So, with the initial 0.8 meters of cord, Ruth Anne can trim 1 frame.
Now, we need to determine how many frames can be trimmed with the additional 13.5 meters of cord. We divide the total length of additional cord available by the length of cord used per frame:
Number of frames = Total additional cord available / Cord used per frame
= 13.5 meters / 0.8 meters
≈ 16.875 frames
However, since we cannot have a fraction of a frame, we need to round down to the nearest whole number. Thus, Ruth Anne can trim 16 frames with the additional 13.5 meters of cord.
Therefore, in total, Ruth Anne can trim 1 + 16 = 17 frames of this size with the initial 0.8 meters of cord and 13.5 meters of additional cord.