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Strips should be 1.5 ft wide.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Width of 1st piece = 6 ft

Width of 2nd piece = 7.5 ft

To find:

To find the maximum width possible to make strips of equal size from both the pieces.

Solution:

This problem can be visualized as if we are given two numbers and we have to find the Highest common factor for both of them i.e. HCF of 6 and 7.5 will be our answer.

Let us try to factorize the given factors:

The common factors are highlighted above as underlined.

Therefore, the answer is 3 0.5 = 1.5 ft

Strips should be 1.5 ft wide.