SOLUTION: Please sort out this question Nathan wants to make a bookcase for his bedroom. It will be 110cm high and will contain four rows of books. Each self will be 55cm long. The planks

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Question 1121266: Please sort out this question
Nathan wants to make a bookcase for his bedroom. It will be 110cm high and will contain four rows of books. Each self will be 55cm long.
The planks of wood cost £3.00 per metre and can be bought in lengths of 250cm.
The planks are 20cm wide and 2cm thick.
what will it cost to buy each plank of wood?
how many planks will be needed for the two sides?
Regards
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


250 cm is 2.5 meters, so cost per plank is a simple multiplication by the cost per meter.

No idea how many planks are required for the sides since you didn't bother to specify the depth of the shelves.


John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it