Sarahs craft project uses peices of yarn that are 1/8 yard long.she has a peice of yarn that is 3 yards ling.how many 1/8 yard peices can she cut and still have 1 1/4 yard left?

Pieces of yarn  1/8 yard long (each)
a piece of yarn ... n = 3 yards long
remaining ... 1 1/4 yards = 5/4 yards

If you would like to calculate how many 1/8 yard pieces can Sarah cut and still have 1 1/4 yards left, you can do this using the following steps:

n - 1 1/4 = 3 - 1 1/4 = 3 - 5/4 = 12/4 - 5/4 = 7/4 = 1 3/4 yards

7/4 / 1/8 = 7/4 * 8/1 = 14 pieces

Result: Sarah can cut 14 1/8 yard pieces and still have 1 1/4 yards left.

Recall that A = 1/2bh. We are given that h = 4+2b So, putting it all together: 168 = 1/2 b(4+2b) 168 = 1/2(4b + 2b^2) 168 = 2b + b^2 b^2 + 2b - 168 = 0. Something that multiplies to -168 and adds to 2? There's a trick to this. Notice 13^2 = 169. So, it's more than likely in the middle of the two numbers we're trying to find. So let's try 12 and 14. Yep. 12 x 14 = 168. So this factors into (b+14)(b-12) So b = -14 or b =12. Is it possible to have a negative length on a base? No. So 12 must be our answer. Let's check this. If 12 is our base, then according to our problem, 2*12 + 4 would be our height... or 28. so what is 12 * 28 /2? 196. Check. Hope this helped!