Elena is binding a small booklet with a spine that is inches long. She uses staples that are -inch long. If she puts the staples end-to-end through the booklet, without gaps or overlaps between them, how many staples would it take to bind the booklet?

The question is incomplete as it is missing the length of the book spine and length of the staple.

Assume the question goes thus :

Elena is binding a small booklet with a spine that is 15 inches long. She uses staples that are 0.5 -inch long. If she puts the staples end-to-end through the booklet, without gaps or overlaps between them, how many staples would it take to bind the booklet?

30 staples

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

Length of book spine = 15 inches

LENGTH of staple = 0.5 inch

Since it is assumed that staples are applied end-to-end on the book without gaps ; the number of staples which will be used is ;

Length of book spine / length of staple

= 15 inches / 0.5 inch

= 30 staples