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Brad and Wes are building a tree house. They cut a 12 1/2 foot piece of wood into 5 of the same length. how long is each piece of wood? show your work

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This is what I did
I divided 12.5/5=2.5 and each pieces of wood would be 2.5 FT.

Answer:

[tex]2\frac{1}{2}[/tex] foot

Step-by-step explanation:

Brad and Wes cut a [tex]12\frac{1}{2}[/tex] foot piece of wood into 5 of the same length.

Let length of 1 piece be x

So, Length of 5 pieces = 5x

Total length of wood= [tex]12\frac{1}{2}=\frac{25}{2}[/tex]

So, [tex]5x=\frac{25}{2}[/tex]

[tex]x=\frac{5}{2}[/tex]

[tex]x=2\frac{1}{2}[/tex]

Hence Length of each piece is [tex]2\frac{1}{2}[/tex] foot