Mr Yamato has a piece of plywood that is 15 and a half feet long and 12 and 3/4 ft wide he needs to cut the wood into 12 pieces for the students and his carpentry class Mr yamoto cuts the link into four equal pieces in the width into three equal pieces what are the dimensions of each shape Express the answer in simplest form
To find the dimensions of each shape, we need to divide the length and width of the plywood by the number of pieces it is cut into.
The length is 15 and a half feet, or 15.5 feet. Since it is cut into 4 equal pieces, we divide 15.5 by 4:
15.5 feet ÷ 4 = 3.875 feet
The width is 12 and 3/4 ft. We need to convert the mixed number into an improper fraction:
12 and 3/4 ft = (12 x 4 + 3) / 4 = 51/4 ft
Since it is cut into 3 equal pieces, we divide 51/4 by 3:
51/4 ft ÷ 3 = 51/4 ft x 1/3 = 51/12 ft
Therefore, each piece should have dimensions of 3.875 feet by 51/12 feet (or 4.25 feet).