Question

A carpenter has a bundle of wood boards that are all 5 * root(4, 10) feet long. He was told by the contractor to cut 2 * root(4, 10) off the end of each board in the bundle. What is the length of each of the boards after removing the root(4, 10) sections of wood ?

Answer 1

The length of each board will be 3 * root(4, 10) feet

Explanation:

The parameters given are;

The length, L₁, of each board in the bundle = 5 * root(4, 10) feet

The length, Lₓ, to be cut off from each board in the bundle = 2 * root(4, 10) feet

Therefore, the length, L₂, of each of the boards after removing the 2 * root(4, 10) sections of the wood would be given as follows;

L₂ = 5 * root(4, 10) feet - 2 * root(4, 10) feet = 3 * root(4, 10) feet