Please help Alex has a piece of fabric that is 56 inches long and 3 inches wide. He cuts it into pieces that are each 7 inches long and 1 inch wide.

What is the greatest number of 7 inch by 1 inch pieces that Alex can get?

Answer options with 5 options
A.
8

B.
18

C.
21

D.
24

E.
32

d. bc = 12 and ef = 16

step-by-step explanation:

we are given that δabc : δdef such that .

also, it is given that

so, from the options, we need that .

a.

b.

c.  

d.

as, we can see that only option d gives the same ratio as i.e. .

hence, the possible lengths are bc = 12 and ef = 16.

b and c

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