Question

Monica has 7.68 meters of gold wire she wants to cut into 0.96 meter log pieces. She also has 7.45 meters if silver wire she wants to cut into 1.49 meter long pieces. How many more gold wire than silver wire pieces will pieces Monica have after she cuts all her wire?

Answer 1

Monica has 3 more pieces of gold than silver after she cut all her wire

Explanation:

Total length of gold wire Monica has= 7.68 meters

Length of each piece Monica wants to cut the wire into = 0.96 meters

Total number of pieces she can cut =
`(Length\ of\ wire)/(length\ of \ piece)= (7.68)/(0.96)` = 8 pieces of gold wire

Total length of gold wire Monica has = 7.45 meters

Length of each piece Monica wants to cut the wire into = 1.49 meters

Total number of pieces she can cut =
`(Length\ of\ wire)/(length\ of \ piece)= (7.45)/(1.49)` =5 pieces silver wire

Gold wire pieces= 8

Silver wire pieces= 5

Difference in the number of pieces =
`8-5=3`

Monica has 3 more pieces of gold than silver after she cut all her wire