A jeweler is making a a jeweler is making a copy of a 15 inch chain to sell in his store the clasp is a half inch long each link in the chain is 1/4 inch long how many links must to use to make the chain of a 15 inch chain to sell in his store the class if a house loan each link in the chain is 1/4 inch long how many links must he use to make the chain
Since the clasp is half an inch long, to find the number of links, we need to take out the length of the clasp. [tex]15- \frac{1}{2} =14 \frac{1}{2} [/tex]. Now, we just need to divide that length by 1/4. [tex]14 \frac{1}{2} / \frac{1}{4} =58[/tex]
