Question

An electrician has a piece of wire that is 18 feet long. He cuts off 14% of the wire. Then he cuts the remaining pieces of wire into 3 equal pieces. What is the length of each piece.

Answer 1

the 3 pieces are 5.16ft each and the 14% that he cut off is 2.52 ft

Explanation:

the 14 % that he cut off is 2.52ft

he has 15.48ft left

15.48/3=5.16