Question

You are building a wooden box that is two feet tall has sides which measure 24.3" and 36.4". If you want to cut all four sides from 1 board what will the minimum length be of that board? *

Answer 1

121.4 inches

Explanation:

If we want to use 1 board to make all four sides of the box, the minimum length of the board needs to be the sum of the length of the four sides.

So, as the box is rectangular, two sides have a length of 24.3 inches and two sides have a length of 36.4 inches.

If we sum them all, we have:

24.3 + 24.3 + 36.4 + 36.4 = 121.4 inches

So the board needs to have a minimum length of 121.4 inches