A builder wants to buy a pipe that is long enough to cut into four 30-inch pieces , as shown below. Write and solve a division equation that can be used to find the length of the pipe, p, that the builder should buy .

Answer:
The length of the pipe p, the builder needs to buy is;
[tex]120\text{ inches}[/tex]Explanation:
Let p represent the length of the pipe the builder should buy and l represent the length of each of the four piece.
So, we have;
[tex]\begin{gathered} p=4\times l \\ p=4l \end{gathered}[/tex]Given in the question;
[tex]l=30\text{inch}[/tex]Substituting we have;
[tex]\begin{gathered} p=4(30) \\ p=120\text{ inches} \end{gathered}[/tex]The length of the pipe p, the builder needs to buy is;
[tex]120\text{ inches}[/tex]