Question

Susan has a 12-inch board for constructing a wooden chair. The directions say to use a board that is 29 centimeters long. Is her board long enough to cut?

Answer 1

Answer:

No.

Step-by-step explanation:

29 is greater than 12, so she does not have enough.

Answer 2

Answer:

Susan has enough bord to construct the wooden chair.

Step-by-step explanation:

To know if Susan has enough board to construct the wooden chair, we need to transform from inches to centimeters.

We know that 1 inch is equal to 2.54 centimeters.

Using the rule of three, we have

$x=12 \ in \ \frac{2.54 \ cm}{1 \ in} = 30.48 \ cm$

Which means Susan has a board with 30.48 centimeters long, and she only needs 29 centimeters.

Therefore, Susan has enough bord to construct the wooden chair.