Saw a board 5 ft 1 in. Long into six equal pieces. If the loss per cut is 1/5 in., how long will each piece be?

The length of each piece is 0.833 ft.

Step-by-step explanation:

Length of board, L = 5 ft 1 inch

loss per cut = 1/5 inch

The board should be cut by 5 times to get the 6 pieces.

The loss in 5 cuts = 5 x 1/5 = 1 inch

So, the length of each piece is

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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