Question

If a carpenter sawed a 10-ft

board into two sections and
one section was n ft long,
how long would the other
section be in terms of n?

Answer 1

The length of the other section of the board after sawing would be (10 - n) feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

If a carpenter sawed a 10-ft board into two sections and one section was n ft long, the length of the other section would be the total length of the board minus the length of the first section.

Since the first section is n ft, we subtract that from the total length:

10 ft - n ft = (10 - n) ft.

Therefore, the other section would be (10 - n) feet long.