A Seamstress buys a certain amount of gringham cloth which comes in rolls that are exactly 56 inches wide. She also bought a certain length of Seersucker- 1 yard long and 35 inches wide. She discovers she has 112 yards of gringham and she wants to divide this into 112 lengths of 1 yard each. She wants to have twicw as many pieces as Seersucker as she does of gringham. It takes her 8 seconds to cut each length working non stop, how long in seconds does it take to cut 112 pieces.

111*8=888sec
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111*8 =888sec
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it will take 888 sec to cut 112 pieces.....to cut into 112 pieces we need 111 cuts,so 4 each cut it takes 8sec.so for 111cuts it takes 888 seconds
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888
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we cut in 111 times. wee have 112 pieces.
Each pieces takes to cut in 8 seconds.
112 pieces takes to cut in 8*111=888 seconds
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112-1=111
111*8=888
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to make 112 pieces,we need to cut 111 times.
and as given in ques to it takes 8 sec to cut each length....
so th total time taken to cut into 112 pieces =111*8=888seconds
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To get 'n' number of pieces we need to make 'n-1' number of cuts.
So for 112 pieces, cuts required = 112-1 = 111.
Each cut takes 8 seconds
So, 111 cuts will take 111*8 = 888 seconds.
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(112-1)*8=888sec
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111*8=888sec
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112-1 =111
111*8
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896 seconds..as it takes 8secs to cut each length.
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each roll 56 inches need 55 cuts,55*8=440sec
2 rolls means 880 sec
ans:880 sec
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