Jason wants to cut a rope that is 60 feet long into several equal pieces with nothing left over. How many pieces will he have if the length of each piece is the greatest integer possible?

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Helen

Mathematics

8 May, 16:54

Jason wants to cut a rope that is 60 feet long into several equal pieces with nothing left over. How many pieces will he have if the length of each piece is the greatest integer possible?

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Jordin Chaney · Answer 1

2 pieces, 30ft each

Step-by-step explanation:

rope : 60ft long

we are trying to figure out how many equal pieces we can cut the rope into with the length of each piece to be the greatest possible integer:

if jason wants the length of rope to be the longest than the answer is 2, if he divides the length of 60 by 2, each piece will be 30 feet long. If he divides the rope by any number larger, each piece will be shorter than 30 feet, and he wants the piece to be the largest possible length.

Patch · Answer 2

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The answer is 2 pieces and 30ft