a carpenter has a wooden stick that is 84 centimeters long. she cuts of 25% from the end of the stick. then she cuts the remaining stick into 6 equal pieces. What is the length of each piece?
so first find 25% PERCENT means parts out of 100 so 25%=25/100=5/20=1/4 1/4 of 84 'of' means multiply 1/4 tmes 84=84/4=42/2=21/1=21 84-21=63 cuts the remianing into 6 63/6=10 and 3/6=10 and 1/2 each peace is 10 and 1/2 cm long
