Question

firewood a scout leader asked his troop to cut firewood exactly 36 inches long for a council fire. he measured and cut a sample log first and then told the scouts to match his sample. terry used the leaders sample log and cut his log to match, and then he let steve use his log to measure and cut his own log. will steves log be the same as the scout leaders log?

Explanation:

The transitive property of equality states that if \(a = b\) and \(b = c\), then \(a = c\). Here, the scout leader's log \(=\) Terry's log (Terry matched his log to the leader's), and Terry's log \(=\) Steve's log (Steve matched his log to Terry's). By the transitive property, the scout leader's log \(=\) Steve's log.

Answer:

Yes, by the transitive property of equality, Steve’s log will be the same as the scout leader’s.