
Contemporary Mathematics for Business and Consumers 7th Edition by Robert Brechner ,George Bergeman
Edition 7ISBN: 978-1285448596
Contemporary Mathematics for Business and Consumers 7th Edition by Robert Brechner ,George Bergeman
Edition 7ISBN: 978-1285448596 Exercise 43
You have been given the job of cutting a supply of 2" × 4" pieces of lumber for a frame house. Each piece is to be
inches long. Each cut is
inch wide. At Home Depot and Lowe's, the choices of stock length are 10 feet, 12 feet, and 14 feet. You have been asked to choose the length of stock that will have the least amount of waste after you cut as many pieces as you can from it. Which length of stock should you choose?


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