Dylan takes a piece of plywood that is 12 inches long and uses a table saw to make a 20-inch cut from corner to opposite corner. What was the width of the piece of plywood?

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8 September, 20:27

Dylan takes a piece of plywood that is 12 inches long and uses a table saw to make a 20-inch cut from corner to opposite corner. What was the width of the piece of plywood?

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Julio Leon · Answer 1

20 inches

Explanation:

the problem is using unnecessary values to trick you.

the 12 inches long value is unnecessary and they say that they cut it width wise 20 inches, so it directly tells you the width is 20 inches