Jamar has an 8-foot-long piece of wood that he wants to cut to build a step stool for his tree house. if each piece is going to be 5/6 foot long, what is the greatest number of the pieces he will be able to use.

8 divided by 5/6

First, since 8 is a whole number you have to add a one to the bottom. So, that becomes 8/1.

Second, flip 5/6 over and then multiply both of the fractions.

Now the equation is this: 8/1 × 5/6.  

Lastly, your solution is 48/5 but, then we need to simplify it.

So, that will be 9 and 3/5.

step-by-step explanation:

i think something is missing in your question because y-1=(x-12) would not pass through the point (-4,-3). because if you replace x by -4 your are supposed to find y=-3 which is not the case her. if you replace x by -4 you find =-15.

i assume the right equation is y-1=1/4*(x-12) because this one is passing through both your points (if you are interested to know how i found that out i can tell you).

in this equation if i replace x by -4 i find y=-3 and if i replace x by 12, i find y=1 so the line representing this equation is passing through those 2 points.

then the standard form of the equation is finding an expression of y in function of x

y-1=1/4*(x-12)

y=x/4-3+1

y=x/4-2

hope that .

do you confirm there was a mistake in the question?