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

step-by-step explanation:

i found the life tables for the year 2012. 

life table of males at age 30. probability of dying between ages x and x+1

total population:  

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001030

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001061

males:  

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001420

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001448

white population

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001005

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001037

white males

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001372

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001399

non hispanic white population

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001083

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001116

non hispanic white males

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001477

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001503

jacob, non hispanic white male. 30 years old.

probability that jacob lives to be 30 years old. 

since the given probabilities are probabilities of dying, i think we simply subtract it from 1 to get the probability of living. we will use the probability of non hispanic white male.

                                          probability of living to be 30 y.o.

29 - 30 : 1 - 0.001477 = 0.998523

30 - 31 : 1 - 0.001503 = 0.998497

●yes, this statement is absolutely apt.

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