Josiah has a piece of wood that measures 10 1/8 feet. he wants to make 5 shelves. if each shelf is 1 6/8 feet long, does he have enough to make 5 shelves and how much wore wood would josiah have.

1 1/2 extra feet

8 3/4 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

step-by-step explanation: given equation a = h(b 1+b 2)

also we are given values of a, h and b 1 as :

a = 16, h = 4, and b 1 = 3.

in order to solve it for b 2, we need to plug the given values of   a, h and b 1 .

therefore, plugging values of   a, h and b 1   in given equation, we get

16 = 4( 3 + b 2)

first dividing both sides by 4, we get

4 = 3 + b 2

subtracting 3 from both sides, we get

4 -3 = 3 -3 + b 2

1 = b 2.