Problema Solution
Adric has a rope 9 yards long. He cuts off 7 pieces of rope, each measuring 0.75 yard. He places the 7 pieces of rope in a basket. Then he cuts the remaining rope into shorter lengths of 0.38 yard. How many rope pieces of length 0.38 yard are cut?
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Let 'x' represent the number of pieces of length 0.38 yards.
0.38x+0.75*7 = 9
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x = 9.9 pieces
Because we need the greatest integer solution we conclude that there are 9 rope pieces of length 0.38 yards cut out of the 9 yards long rope.