Val has a piece of wood 8 ft long. She is going to cut it into 9 equal-length pieces.
How long will each piece be?
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B. 72 ft
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D.
Answer (2)
Each piece will be 1/9 of the total length of the original board.
1/9 of 8 ft is 8/9 foot .
That's the same as (10 and 2/3) inches .
Val will cut the 8 ft piece of wood into 9 equal-length pieces, which means each piece will be 9 8 ft long, or approximately 10 \frac{2}{3} inches long.
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