Question

A piece of plywood 26 inches wide is cut into strips `2 3/5` inches wide. How many strips of this width can be cut?

Answer 1

10 Strips

Explanation:

Let simplify the `2*3/5`
That is `13/5`
Further 13 divided by 5 is equal to 2.6
i.e 2.6 inches width of each strip
Now the total width of plywood is 26 inches

so if 1 strip is of 2.6 inches so how many will be in 26 inch wide plywood

so `26/2.6=10`

Hence answer is 10 strips