Drew has a piece of wood that is 12 feet long . She cuts off 4 feet of wood and the remaining length is cut into 3 shorter pieces of equal length . What is the length of each shorter piece of wood ?
12 - 4 = 8
8/3 = 2 2/3 feet
To find the length of each shorter piece of wood, we need to determine the length of the remaining wood after cutting off 4 feet.
Starting with a piece of wood that is 12 feet long and cutting off 4 feet, we can subtract the length that was cut off from the original length:
12 feet - 4 feet = 8 feet
So, the remaining wood after cutting off 4 feet is 8 feet long.
Next, we need to divide this remaining length into 3 equal pieces. To do this, we divide the length by the number of pieces:
8 feet รท 3 pieces = 2.67 feet per piece (rounded to the nearest hundredth)
Therefore, each shorter piece of wood would be approximately 2.67 feet long.