Question

. Donny had a 10-foot board. He used the board to make two shelves. One shelf measured 4 feet 7 inches wide and the other shelf measured 3 feet 2 inches wide. What is the length of the remaining piece of board?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The length of the missing piece is 2 ft 3 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

Here in this question, we are interested in calculating the length of the remaining piece of the board given that we have the total length of the board and two other pieces.

Mathematically, the remaining piece length can be calculated by subtracting the lengths of the known pieces

That would be;

10 ft - 4 ft 7 inches - 3 ft 2 inches

In a foot there are 12 inches

Thus

10 ft = 10 * 12 = 120 inches

4 ft 7 inches = 4(12) + 7 = 55 inches

3 ft 2 inches = 3(12) + 2 = 36 + 2 = 38 inches

Thus the length of the remaining piece would now be;

120 -55 -38 = 27 inches

That is same as 24 + 3 inches

24 inches = 2 ft

So 27 inches = 2 ft 3 inches