The length of the uncut shelf is not long enough.
Given a wooden shelf 4½ feet long.
The length of two small shelves is 1¼ and 2⅜ feet long respectively.
To find an uncut shelf long enough or not subtract shelf's piece length from the total length of the wooden shelf length.
The length of an uncut shelf can be calculated as:
⇒1¼ + 2⅜+x= 4½
⇒5/4 + 19/8 + x = 9/2
To solve this equation make variable and constant different sides.
⇒x= 9/2-5/2-19/8
⇒x=2-19/8
⇒x=-3/8
The length of the uncut shelf is -3/8 feet, which is not valid (∵ Length cannot be negative).
∴ The length of the shelf is not long enough.
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