Jose needs a 5/8 meter length of copper pipe to complete a project. Which of the following lengths of pipe can be cut to the required length with the least length of pipe left over? 9/16 meter. 3/5 meter. 3/4 meter. 4/5 meter. 5/6 meter.
1 Answer
Feb 20, 2018
Explanation:
The easiest way to solve them is to make them all share a common denominator. I'm not going to get into the details of how to do that, but it is going to be
Converting them all into a "
And we have:
Given that we can't use a copper pipe that is shorter than the amount we want, we can remove