eighty-seven bricks,each 8 in. log, are laid end to end make the base for a wall. find te length of the wal in feet.

Question

Eighty-seven bricks, each 8 in. long, are laid end to end to make the base for a wall. find the length of the wall feet

Answer 1

First find the total number of inches. 87 bricks times 8 in per brick

 

8*87=696inches

There are 12 inches in each foot to convert we put inches on the top left and bottom right of a fraction

696 in       1 Ft

--------- x -----------

     1           12 in

 

the inches units cancel and we get 696/12 ft

do the division to get 58 feet