Question

A cord of length $71\frac{1}{2}m$ has been cut into 26 pieces of equal length. What is the length of each piece ?

Answer 1

Total length of piece of chord = $71\frac{1}{2}m$

No. of pieces = 26

$\therefore \text{Length of each piece}=71\frac{1}{2}÷26m=\frac{143}{2}÷26=\frac{143}{2}\times \frac{1}{26}m=\frac{143}{52}m=\frac{143÷13}{52÷13}m=\frac{11}{4}m=2\frac{3}{4}mAns.$