Question

A manufacturer of floor jacks is ordering steel tubing to make the handles for a jack. Each handle is 23 1/2 and one half inches long. How much steel tubing is needed to make 27 of these​ jacks? First estimate the answer. Then find the exact answer.

Answer 1

length of a handle: 47/2 =23.5inches

for 27 handles he must order 23.5*27=634.5inches of tubes