There are five syllables in the word representative : rep/re/sent/a/tive
Regular is divided into syllables like so: reg-u-lar.
rep re sent' a tive
REP-RE-SEN-TA-TIVE
Cousin has two syllables.
af-ter-noon
col-lar
muf-fin
The word howl only has one syllable so there is no divide.
reg-u-lar
Its 2 syllables. (:
feath-er
Col-lar.
Cousin has two syllables.
Mu-Su-Em
Mar-ket.
Col-lar.
um/pire
ap•peal
E-ffec-tive.
af-ter-noon