Carpenter Chalberg is building a new wall in his house. The wall is 8 feet long and 8 feet tall. The wall will be framed with wood and also have studs (vertical supports) at least every 18 inches. The wall has no doors or windows. He is looking to purchase enough 8 foot boards of wood to make the wall’s frame. How many boards will Carpenter Chalberg need?

9514 1404 393

  9

Step-by-step explanation:

For studs 16" O.C., Chalberg will need 9: one at the beginning of each of the 16" spaces in the 96" width of the wall, and one at the end. That's a total of 6+1 = 7 studs.

The top and bottom edges of the wall are each 8', so will require 1 more board each.

The total number of boards Chalberg needs is 9.

step-by-step explanation:

always plug in x. in this case, x equals 4.

i'm going to first solve 4(2+3x)

1) 4(2+3(4)) use pemdas to solve.

i'm going to multiply whats in the parenthesis first, so 3 times 4=12.

2)4 (2+12) i'm then going to multiply 4 by both numbers in the parenthesis (because multiplying comes before adding)

4 times 2= 8.   4 times 12= 48

4) (8+48)= 56 (answer)

i'm then going to solve 8+12x and plug in 4 for x.

1) 8 +12(4)

multiplying comes before adding, so i'm gonna multiply 12 and 4.

12 times 4= 48.

2) 8+48=56

both equal the same!