Complete EVEN number problems

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Solve the following problems. Show your wor!‹. Write your nnswers in the spaces provided.

A triangular frame has sides that measure 15'-7”, 20'—4”, and    1.         26’-2”. What is the total length of the three sides?
2. A carpenter had a board 2'-10 3/4” long. To fit the space for a    2.         shelf, the carpenter cut 7/16” off one end. How long was the
board after the piece was removed?
Original length = 2’ 10 ¾” = 2(12)+10 ¾ = 34 ¾ “
Cut length = 7/16”
Remaining = 34 ¾ -7/16 = 33 /4 -7/16 (borrowed 1 feet from 35 feet to subtract)
= 33 53/16” = 2’+ (9+53/16)” = 2’3 5/16 “
3. Fifteen strips, 1 1/4” wide, are to be ripped from a sheet of ply-    3.         wood. If 1/8” is lost with each cut, how much of the plywood sheet
is used in making the 15 strips? (Assume 15 cuts are necessary.)
4. An interior wall of a building is made up of metal studs with 5/8”    4.         gypsum board on each side. See the drawing below. If the actual
width of a stud is 3...