Question

Lisa is making ethernet cables for Mrs. Houston in the computer lab. The spool of wire that she is creating the cables from is 40ft long. She creates 5 equal cables and has 12ft remaining. What was the length of each cable? (HOW DID YOU GET YOUR ANSWER PLEASE SHOW ME YOUR WORK!!)

A. 16.6%
B. 50%
C. 20%
D. 5.6FT
E. $29.40
F. $30.40
G. 6.3FT
H. 25%

Answer 1

D. 5.6 ft

Explanation:

1. 40 ft - 12 ft = 28 ft (You subtract the leftover wire(12 ft) from the total amount(40 ft) so you can see how much wire was used to make the 5 cables. There was 28 ft of wire in total used to create the 5 cables.)
2. 28 ÷ 5 = 5.6 ft (You divide 28 by 5 so that you can see how much wire was used for each cable.)
3. Final Answer: The length of each cable was 5.6 ft or just 5.6 ft.