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Nick has box brads. he uses 4 brads for the first project. nick let’s b represent the original number of brads and finds that for the second project, the number of brads he uses is 8 more than half the difference of b and 4. write an expression to represent the number of brads he uses for the second project.

Atheater wants to build movable steps that they can use to go on and off the stage. they want the steps to have enough space inside so they can also be used to store props. how much space is inside the steps?