Sarah ws cutting fabric for a quilt she cut a strip of fabric that was 19 1.8 inches long into 5 equal pices when she was finished cutting sarah had a piece that was 2 1.4 inches long how long was each piece that she cut for the quilt

so we assume that 1.8 means 1/8 since you would just have 19+1+0.8=20.8, but that's not what you wrote so therefor, since the '/' key is close to the '.' key, assume that it is 1/8 so

19 and 1/8 long

cut into 5 equal pieces

the remainder was 2 and 1/4 (again assuming the. vs / error) inches long so

19 and 1/8=5 times (legnth of each piece) + 2 and 1/4

so we subtract 2 and 1/4 from each side so

19 and 1/8 - (2 and 1/4)

remember that 19 and 1/8=19+1/8 and 2 and 1/4=2+1/4 so therefor it is

19+1/8-2-1/4

move them around

19-2+1/8-1/4

17 + (1/8-1/4)

1/4=2/8

17 + (1/8-2/8)

17 + (-1/8)

17-1/8

16+8/8-1/8

16+7/8

16 and 7/8=5 times (legnth of each peice)

divide both sides by 5

(16 and 7/8) / 5=legnth of each peice

remember that 16 and 7/8=16+7/8 and that ((a+b) / c) = (a/c) + (b/c) so

(16 + 7/8) / 5) = 16/5 + (7/8) / 5

16/5=3 and 1/5

remember that (7/8) / 5 = (7/8) times 1/5 = (7 times 1) / (8 times 5) = 7/40

3 and 1/5+7/40

1/5=8/40

3+8/40+7/40=3 + 15/40=3+3/8

each piece was 3 and 3/8 inch long

I'm assume 1.8 means 1/8 and 1.4 means 1/4

Convert to fractions:

19 1/8 = 153/8

2 2/8 = 18/8

Subtract amount remaining from the amount being cut into 5 pieces

153/8-18/8=135/8

Split amount remaining into 5 equal pieces:

(135/8) / 5 = 3.375 = 3 3/8 inches.