If a total length of hose needed is 800 feet, how many sections are required?

To determine the number of hose sections required for a total length of 800 feet, it's important to know the length of each individual hose section. In many firefighting scenarios, hose sections are frequently 50 feet long.

To find out how many sections are needed, divide the total desired length of hose by the length of one hose section:

[ \text{Number of sections} = \frac{\text{Total length of hose}}{\text{Length of one section}} ]

In this case, if each section is 50 feet long, the calculation would be:

[ \text{Number of sections} = \frac{800 \text{ feet}}{50 \text{ feet/section}} = 16 \text{ sections} ]

This calculation shows that 16 sections of 50 feet are required to meet the total length of 800 feet. Hence, the answer is correct as it aligns perfectly with the requirement based on the standard section length.