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 the board

It is probably easiest to understand if we convert both measurements to inches so we are working with only one measurement instead of two.

1 foot= 12 inches

multiply feet by inches to equal total inches

8 ft * 12 inches= 96 inches

7 ft * 12 inches= 84 + 10 3/4= 94 3/4

Subtract the difference:
= 96 - 94.75
= 1.25 = 1 1/4 inches cut off

ANSWER: 1 1/4 inches were cut off

Hope this helps! :)

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