Allan has a piece of string that is 5.4 meters in length. He needs some smaller pieces that are 0.6 meters in length. How many smaller pieces of string can be cut from Allan's string

A) 4.8 pieces

B) 6.0 pieces

C) 11.0 pieces

D) 9.0 pieces

Solution:

Given that,

Allan has a piece of string that is 5.4 meters in length

He needs some smaller pieces that are 0.6 meters in length

Therefore,

Total length of string = 5.4 meter

Length needed = 0.6 meter

Thus,

Thus, 9 smaller pieces of string can be cut from Allan's string

none of the above.

for one of the equations to be used in the process, there has to be a term in the equation since squared is .

since there is only a term in the first equation, we cannot derive a from completing the square.

solving with completing the square