Question

HELP ASAP

evan is sewing trim on a pair of shorts. he needs four equal length pieces of trim to put two stripes down each side of the shorts. the teacher gives hi a piece of black trim that is 185cm long. he measures and cuts 4 equal lengths. he ends up with a small piece of leftover trim that is 13cm long. how long is each piece of trim

a) write an equation to represent this situation
b)solve the equation and check your answer

Answer 1

the answer is each piece of trim is 43 cm long

185-13 = 172

172 divided by 4 pieces came out to 43 cm

(I don't know the equation part)

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