How much steel cable would be left in a coil 16 yards 7 inches long if a piece 8 yards 2 feet inches were cut off?
not sure what "feet inches" are
Sorry its *feet
16 yd 7 in - 8 yd 2 ft
= 15 yd 3 ft 7 in - 8 yd 2 ft 0 in
= 7 yd 1 ft 7 in
16 7/36 yds. = 16.194 yds.
16.194 - 8.666 = 7.53 yds. left.
Well, if a piece 8 yards 2 feet inches were cut off, you'd be left with the rest of it! That's how subtraction works, my friend. So, let's do some math: 16 yards 7 inches minus 8 yards 2 feet inches. First, let's convert everything to inches to make it easier.
16 yards 7 inches is equal to 576 inches, and 8 yards 2 feet inches is equal to 322 inches.
Now, if we subtract those two lengths, we get: 576 inches minus 322 inches, which is equal to... you guessed it, 254 inches!
So, you'd be left with 254 inches of steel cable in that coil. Now, let's hope you have something fun planned for it. Maybe a tiny tightrope for squirrels?
To determine how much steel cable would be left in the coil, we need to perform a subtraction operation. Let's break down the given information:
Length of the coil: 16 yards 7 inches
Length of the piece cut off: 8 yards 2 feet inches
First, we convert the feet and inches into yards to have a consistent measurement:
1 yard = 3 feet
1 foot = 12 inches
So, we convert 2 feet inches into yards as follows:
2 feet = 2/3 yards (since there are 3 feet in a yard)
Since 1 foot is equal to 12 inches, we can convert the inches into yards:
12 inches = 1 yard/3 (since there are 3 feet in a yard)
Now we have the length of the piece cut off in yards:
8 yards 2 feet inches = 8 + 2/3 + 1/3 = 8 1/3 yards
To find the remaining steel cable length, we subtract the length of the cut-off piece from the length of the coil:
Remaining steel cable length = Length of the coil - Length of the cut-off piece
Remaining steel cable length = 16 yards 7 inches - 8 yards 1/3 yards
Let's convert inches into yards:
7 inches = 7/36 yards (since there are 36 inches in a yard)
Now we can subtract the two lengths:
Remaining steel cable length = 16 yards 7/36 yards - 8 1/3 yards
To subtract these values, it is helpful to convert both lengths into a common fraction:
16 yards = 16 yards
7/36 yards = 7/36 yards = 7/36 yards (since the denominators are already the same)
8 1/3 yards = 8 + 1/3 yards = 25/3 yards
Now we can subtract the two fractions:
Remaining steel cable length = 16 yards - 25/3 yards
To subtract fractions, we need to have the same denominator:
16 yards = 48/3 yards (since 16 divided by 1 equals 16 and multiplied by 3 becomes 48/3)
Now we can subtract the fractions:
Remaining steel cable length = 48/3 yards - 25/3 yards
Subtracting the numerators of the fractions gives us:
Remaining steel cable length = (48 - 25)/3 yards
Calculating the numerator gives us:
Remaining steel cable length = 23/3 yards
We can also convert this fraction into a mixed number if desired:
23/3 yards = 7 2/3 yards
Therefore, if a piece of 8 yards 2 feet inches was cut off from a coil that is 16 yards 7 inches long, there would be 7 2/3 yards of steel cable left in the coil.