A piece of wire is 240cm long. Peter cuts two 45 cm lengths off the wire. He then cuts the rest of the wire into as many 40cm length as possible. How many wires of 40cm can be cut?
Two 45cm lengths cut off 240cm long wire. 240 - (2*45) = 150cmHow many 40cm length wires can be cut out of the remainder 150cm wire?150/40= 3.75As we are looking for entire 40cm length wires, we disregard the left 0.75.Therefore, the answer is 3.
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