Ajeweler is dividing 3/ 8 of a pound of rubies among 4 lots. what part of a pound will each lot weigh? a) 1/ 4 b) 1 /8 c) 1 /16 d) 3/32

The answer is D because if you don 3/8 divided by 4 then you do Keep Flip Change which is 3/8 x 1/4 and that gives you 3/32

Best answer that i found on yahoo ok   set :   x= length of 2nd piece in cm  x- 3= length of 1st piece in cm  x-4= length of 3rd piece in cm  then since you know they all came from the 20 cm ribbon you add them together and set them equal to 20x+ x-3 +x-4 = 20  3x - 7= 20  3x= 27  x= 9  the shortest piece is the third piece which is x- 4  x-4  9-4 = 5  the length of the smallest piece is 5 cm.  the other lengths are  9 cm  6 cm

Same length is comparing because it’s saying its the same and not different