Bernadette cuts a piece of fabric into four pieces of the same length. After she cuts off 3 feet from one of the pieces, she is left with a piece that is 2 feet long. What is the length of the piece of a fabric she started with?
3 + 2 = 5
5 * 4 = ?
mary has 6 yards of fabric .she cuts off 2 feetof fabric mary cuts the rest of the fabric into 4 pieces that are the same size how long will each piece be.
To determine the length of the piece of fabric Bernadette started with, we need to work backwards.
Let's assume the length of the original piece of fabric is 'x' feet. After Bernadette cuts off 3 feet from one of the pieces, she is left with a piece that is 2 feet long. Therefore, the length of this piece before the cut was 2 feet + 3 feet = 5 feet.
Since she divided the piece of fabric into four equal pieces, each of the four pieces would have been 5 feet in length before the cut.
Therefore, the length of the original piece of fabric is 4 times 5 feet = 20 feet.
So, Bernadette started with a piece of fabric that was 20 feet long.