Bob the Builder has a piece of wood that is ¾ of a foot in length. He needs to cut pieces of that wood that are 1/16 of a foot in length. How many pieces can Bob the Builder cut?

the correct option is 2.

step-by-step explanation:

according to the given information triangle abc is a right angle triangle with right angle at a. segment ab is 5 and segment ac is 7. point d is on segment bc and angles adb and adc are right angles.

it is given that triangles abd, cad, and cba are similar.

two triangles are similar if their corresponding sides are proportional.

in triangle cba, using pythagoras theorem

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triangle abd and cba are similar,

                            (2)

triangle cad and cba are similar,

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using (1), (2) and (3), we get

hence proved.

therefore option 2 is correct.

answer: 3.26019516

step-by-step explanation:

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step-by-step explanation: easy math