Question

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Xavier's dining room table was unstable because one leg was shorter than the others. He placed a three-fourths inch thick piece of wood under the short leg, and it became even with the other legs, which are eighteen and seven-eighths inches long. How many inches long was the short leg before Xavier added the wood?
Choose one answer.
A. nineteen and five-eighths inches
B. eighteen and five-eighths inches
C. eighteen and one-eighth inches
D. seventeen and one-eighth inches