A factory's pipe - cutting machine cuts pieces of pip to be threaded. The length of pip to be cut is 8 feet. How many 2/3 long pieces of pip can be cut from a 8 ft long pipe?
6
12
18
24
To find the number of 2/3 long pieces of pipe that can be cut from an 8 ft long pipe, we need to divide the length of the pipe by the length of each piece.
The length of each piece is 2/3 of 8 ft, which can be calculated as: (2/3) * 8 = 16/3 ft.
To find the number of pieces, we divide 8 ft by 16/3 ft:
(8 ft) / (16/3 ft) = (8 ft) * (3/16 ft) = 24/2 = 12
Therefore, 12 pieces of pipe can be cut from an 8 ft long pipe. Answer: 12.