carpenter saws a 19-meter-long strip of wood. He first sawed off the damaged part by 1 meter, then sawed it 8 times, and sawed it into many short wooden strips of the same length. What is the length of each short stick in meters?
一个木工锯一根长19米的木条．他先把一头损坏部分锯下1米，然后锯了8次，锯成许多一样长的短木条．求每根短木条长多少米？
<gadget id="calculator">19 - 1</gadget>
<output>18</output>

<gadget id="calculator">8 + 1</gadget>
<output>9</output>

<gadget id="calculator">18 / 9</gadget>
<output>2</output>

<result>2</result>