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QuestionA customer wants 61/461 / 4^{\prime \prime} pieces of 1/21 / 2' roundstock from a 4848^{\prime \prime} piece. How many can you provide, considering 1/8"1 / 8^{\text{"}} waste?

Studdy Solution

STEP 1

Assumptions1. The length of the roundstock on hand is 4848'' . The length of each piece required by the customer is 61/461 /4''
3. There is a kerf waste of 1/81 /8'' for each cut

STEP 2

First, we need to convert the length of each piece required by the customer from fractional inches to decimal inches.Lengthofeachpiece=61/4=15.25Length\, of\, each\, piece =61 /4 =15.25''

STEP 3

Next, we need to account for the kerf waste for each cut. Since each cut results in a waste of 1/81 /8'', the total length of each piece including the waste is the sum of the length of each piece and the kerf waste.
Totallengthofeachpiece=Lengthofeachpiece+KerfwasteTotal\, length\, of\, each\, piece = Length\, of\, each\, piece + Kerf\, waste

STEP 4

Plug in the values for the length of each piece and the kerf waste to calculate the total length of each piece.
Totallengthofeachpiece=15.25+1/8Total\, length\, of\, each\, piece =15.25'' +1 /8''

STEP 5

Convert the kerf waste from fractional inches to decimal inches.
1/8=0.1251 /8'' =0.125''Totallengthofeachpiece=15.25+0.125Total\, length\, of\, each\, piece =15.25'' +0.125''

STEP 6

Calculate the total length of each piece.
Totallengthofeachpiece=15.25+0.125=15.375Total\, length\, of\, each\, piece =15.25'' +0.125'' =15.375''

STEP 7

Now that we have the total length of each piece, we can find out how many such pieces we can get from the 4848'' roundstock. This can be done by dividing the length of the roundstock by the total length of each piece.
Numberofpieces=Lengthofroundstock/TotallengthofeachpieceNumber\, of\, pieces = Length\, of\, roundstock / Total\, length\, of\, each\, piece

STEP 8

Plug in the values for the length of the roundstock and the total length of each piece to calculate the number of pieces.
Numberofpieces=48/15.375Number\, of\, pieces =48'' /15.375''

STEP 9

Calculate the number of pieces. Since we cannot deliver a fraction of a piece, we take the floor of the result.
Numberofpieces=48/15.375=3Number\, of\, pieces = \lfloor48'' /15.375'' \rfloor =3You can deliver3 pieces of 61/461 /4'' roundstock.

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