A steel wire of 100 m is divided into 8 equal pieces. What is the length of each piece?
Totallengthofwire=100mnumberofpiecesintobedivided=8So,lengthofeachpiece=100÷8=12.5m
Hence, 12.5 m is the length of each piece.
If a rod of length 71.2 metres is cut into 8 equal pieces, what is the length of each piece?