Jessie has a piece of wood that is 8 feet long. he needs to cut pieces that are 7/8 of a foot long. how many pieces will he be able to make?

he will be able to make 9 pieces.

Step-by-step explanation:

he starts with 8 feet, take away 7/8 each time.

8- 7/8=1 1/8

7 1/8- 7/8=6 2/8

6 2/8- 7/8=5 3/8

and so on.

you should have 1/8 left. I kinda rushed this, so if im wrong please let me know!

you didn't post any answer choices, so its not 100% clear what your teacher is looking for

however, log(15/7) is equivalent to log(15) - log(7)

i'm using the rule log(x/y) = log(x) - log(y)

the answer is b