Question

A piece of wood trim is "X" inches long. A piece "Y" inches long is cut from it. How long is the remaining piece of wood if the cut removes "Z" inches? a) X - Y b) Y - Z c) X - Z d) X - Y - Z

Answer 1

The length of the remaining piece of wood trim after a 'Y' inches long piece is cut off and 'Z' inches are removed due to the cut is found by subtracting both 'Y' and 'Z' from the original length 'X', that is, the formula is X - Y - Z.

Step-by-step explanation:

This question involves subtraction and understanding how to properly subtract values from a given total. In your problem, you possess a wood trim of length 'X' inches and you are cutting a piece of 'Y' inches off. However, the cut removes an additional 'Z' inches.

To find the length of the remaining piece, we need to subtract both the length removed ('Y' inches) and the additional cut off ('Z' inches) from the original length ('X' inches). The appropriate formula would then be: X - Y - Z. This subtracts both the piece cut and the extra inches lost due to the cut from the original length, leaving you with the actual length of remaining wood.

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