Sandy is working with a carpenter to frame a house. They are using 8-foot-long boards, but each board must be cut to be 7feet, 10 3/4 inches long. How much is cut off each board?
\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @LARENZIE oh srry \(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{End of Quote}}\) It’s ok we jus have to know that the person understands it
It’s ok good explanation
\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @LARENZIE 1.4 inches is cut off each board Explanation: We have a mixture of units. It is much easier to make a comparison if all measurement use the same units. I choose inches 1 board is 8 ft. Each foot has 12 inches in it. So they are 8 × 12 inches long. This is 96 inches. The boards are cut to 94.6 inches long. The amount wasted is 96.0 − 94.6 Write as: 96.0 94.6 −−−− There is a zero above the 6 so lets make this easier to work out Move the value of 1 from the 96 into the tenths so we have 96 is the same as 95 + 10 10 → 95 . 0 10 95 . 0 10 94 . . . 6 −−−−−− ← Subtract 9 1 . 00 4 So the amount of waste is 1.4 inches This is the same as 1 4 10 → 1 2 5 inches srry that I didn't explain it \(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{End of Quote}}\) https://socratic.org/questions/sandy-is-working-with-a-carpenter-to-frame-a-house-they-are-using-8-foot-long-bo There’s the source they got it from too
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