SOLUTION: a carpenter needs to cut four sections each 3 feet 8 inches long from a piece of motor. if the bored is only sold by the foot what's the shortest length of bored she can buy

Question 697444: a carpenter needs to cut four sections each 3 feet 8 inches long from a piece of motor. if the bored is only sold by the foot what's the shortest length of bored she can buy
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, stanbon:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
8 inches is ft
3 ft is ft

This is more than 14 ft, so the shortest board
that will work is 15 ft

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a carpenter needs to cut four sections each 3 feet 8 inches long from a piece of board. if the board is only sold by the foot what's the shortest length of board she can buy?
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Comment: 8 inches is 8/12 = 2/3 ft
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4(3 2/3) = 4*(11/3) = 44/3 = 14 2/3 feet (length of the board)
OR
4(3 2/3) = 4*3 + 4*(2/3) = 12 + 8/3 = 12 + 2 + 2/3 = 14 2/3 feet
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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