Samuel needs 233 feet of wood to build a fence. The wood comes in lengths of 11 feet. How many prices will samuel need to buy?

21 pieces

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that,

Length of wood needed = 233 feet

The wood comes in lengths of 11 feet.

We need to find the number of pieces samuel need to buy. It can be done as follows :

Let he needed x peices. So

So, he will need approx 21 peices.

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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