Tomas needs lumber to make corner braces for a piece of furniture he is building. He cuts 4 feet from a board that is 8 feet long. With the wood he has left, Tomas makes 18 corner braces of equal size. How many inches of wood does each brace use?

Each brace uses 2. inches of wood

Step-by-step explanation:

The given parameters are;

The length of the board from which he cuts the wood = 8 feet

The length of the wood he cuts from the board = 4 feet

The number of corners on the braces of equal sizes he makes with the wood he has left = 18 corner brace

We have;

The length of the wood he has left = (The length of the board) - (The length of the wood he cuts from the board)

∴ The length of the wood he has left = 8 feet - 4 feet = 4 feet

The length of each brace the man can cuts from the wood he has left = (The length of the wood he has left)/(The number of corner braces he cuts)

∴ The length of each brace = (4 feet)/(18 braces) = (48/18) inches/(braces) = (8/3) inches/brace = 2. inches of wood per brace

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