SOLUTION: Katherine used some thin pieces of attractive wood to laminate a small plain-looking wooden box. She only applied the laminate to one side of each piece of wood the box was made fr

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Question 808987: Katherine used some thin pieces of attractive wood to laminate a small plain-looking wooden box. She only applied the laminate to one side of each piece of wood the box was made from. If the laminate was1/16 of an inch thick and the original piece of wood was 3/8 of an inch thick, how thick was the piece after it had been laminated?
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Katherine used some thin pieces of attractive wood to laminate a small plain-looking wooden box. She only applied the laminate to one side of each piece of wood the box was made from. If the laminate was1/16 of an inch thick and the original piece of wood was 3/8 of an inch thick, how thick was the piece after it had been laminated?
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Ans: (1/16) + (3/8) = (1/16) + (6/16) = 7/16 "
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