Respuesta :
The total length of the pipe is
[tex]=12ft[/tex]The length of each section is
[tex]=\frac{2}{15}ft[/tex]Let the number of sections be represented as
[tex]=x[/tex]Step 1:The number of sections can be calculated using the formula below
[tex]\text{each length of section = }\frac{\text{total length}}{\text{Number of section}}[/tex]By substituting the values, we will have
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{each length of section = }\frac{\text{total length}}{\text{Number of section}} \\ \frac{2}{15}=\frac{12}{x} \end{gathered}[/tex]Step 2: Cross multiply
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{2}{15}=\frac{12}{x} \\ 2\times x=15\times12 \\ 2x=180 \end{gathered}[/tex]Step 3: Divide both sides by 2
[tex]\begin{gathered} 2x=180 \\ \frac{2x}{2}=\frac{180}{2} \\ x=90\text{ } \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore,
The number of sections he will be able to cut from the pipe = 90
