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here is my thought process on analysis. Please correct me if I am wrong in my approach.

Given card
54 x 48 - This is available area

Required card
6 x 16 - This is area per piece.

If I cut a 6x16 card, I am removing 6x16 area from the original cardboard. Hence (54*48)/(6*16) = 27 pieces
Number of cardboards in hand - 10. Hence 27*10 = 270.

On some thought, I didnt think of remainders while doing this approach but if I did come across remainders I would think that they were scrap that I would throw away if I was physically cutting cardboards with scissors.

If this question were to be rephrased as how many max pieces we can make cutting circles of radius=6? or say max pieces of equilateral triangles of base 6? would my approach be right?
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If the question were how many 6x16 cardboards be cut from circular cardboard of radius 54? would my approach be right?
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What is the maximum number of rectangular cards, each 6 centimeters by 16 centimeters that can be made from 10 rectangular pieces of cardboard, each 54 centimeters by 48 centimeters?

(A) 27
(B) 72
(C) 240
(D) 270
(E) 360

\(\frac{54*48}{6*16}*10 =90*3=270\)

The answer is D
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