Sandy is working with a carpenter to frame a house. they are using 8 foot long boards, but each board must be cut to be 7 feet, 10 3/4 inches long. how much is cut off each board?
a. 3/4
b. 1 1/4
c. 1 3/4
d. 7

Step-by-step explanation:

Working with a carpenter to frame a house. They are using 8 foot long boards.

each board must be cut to be 7 feet  10 3/4 inches long

to find how much is cut off each board. we need to subtract 7 feet 10 3/4 inches from 8

8 feet - 7 feet = 1 feet

we know 1 feet = 12 inches

now we subtract 10 3/4 from 1 feet

12 inches - 10 3/4 inches =

5/4 is written as 1  1/4

if you are looking for the unit rate then the answer would be 9 because unit rate is distance divided by time.

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