A piece of plastic tubing is 19 inches long and must be divided into 6 smaller pieces each at least 2 inches long. What is the largest length of tubing possible?
the small ones are all 2 so 5 x 2 is10 19 minus 10 is 9 it is 9
you have 19 inches total. assuming that five of them can be 2 inches long 5 * 2 = 10 so subtract that from total length you can have one piece 19 - 10 = 9inches
9 in. If 5 pieces are 2 inches long, that leaves 9 inches for the last piece.
3 16666666666666651648/1.0E+20
