Aski lodge keeps records of the snow falling and melting the first day there were 18 inches the second day it melted 2 inches the next day it melted 4 inches the next day 8 inches of snow fell how many inches are there now

Mrs. avila is buying a wallpaper border to go on all of her kitchen walls. she wants to buy 5 extra feet of wallpaper border than she needs to be sure she has enough. she buys 55.5 feet of the border. the store owner selling the border uses the width of mrs. avila's kitchen to determine that the length of her kitchen must be 14.5 feet.