Usha bought a linen cloth and rope to build a tent. If the
rope is 153 m long and it is to be cut into pieces of 1m
length, then how many cuts are to be made to cut the ropes
into 153 pieces?

• 152
  153-1
  because two ends are free
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(13) No(0)
• n-1=153-1=152
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(7) No(1)
• to make it 153 pieces we have to cut 152 times so obviously after last cut we got 153rd piece.... n-1=153-1=152
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(4) No(0)
• To get n pieces, we have to do n-1 cuts. So, to get 153 pieces, we have to perform 1353-1=152 cuts
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