Question

Maren is completing a wood working project. She needs 90 feet of wood. She has 8 pieces of wood that are each 6.2 feet long in her garage. How much more wood will she need to complete the wood working project?

Answer 1

She needs 40.4 feet of wood

Explanation:

Given :-

• Maren has 8 piece of wood which are 6.2 feet long
• She needs total 90 feet of wood

To find:-

• How much wood will she need more

Solution:-

Amount of wood she needs more :-

Wood she wanted to complete project — Wood she already have

by putting the value ,

90 feet — 8 × 6.2 feet

= 40.4 feet

Answer 2

She needs 40.4 feet of wood.

Explanation:

➾ She had 8 pieces of wood that are 6.2 feet each, so total length of wood she had = 8×6.2

= 49.6feet.

➾She needs total 90feet. of wood and she had already 49.6 feet of wood.

So, now wood she needed = 90-49.6

= 40.4feet.

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