SOLUTION: A jeweler has 2 meters of gold wire. He is going to make pairs of gold earrings (each 25mm in diameter). How many pairs of earrings can he make?
I wasn't very sure how to go abo
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Question 499613: A jeweler has 2 meters of gold wire. He is going to make pairs of gold earrings (each 25mm in diameter). How many pairs of earrings can he make?
I wasn't very sure how to go about this, so I converted to meters to millimeters then divided by 25 and got it wrong. I would appreciate some help.
-Emily Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! OK, Emily, your first step was correct and you should have got 2 meters = 2,000 mm.
Now each earring requires 25mm of gold so each pair of earrings would need 50mm of gold.
So you should have divided the 2,000mm of gold wire by 50 to find the number of pairs of earrings.
The jeweler can make 40 pairs of earrings.
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