Question

Question 4 Brad has five pieces of wood each measuring the exact same number of inches in length If three inches are cut off each piece, which expression represents the new total length of all five pieces of wood?

Answer 1

Consider x as the length of the pieces before the cut of the three inches.

After the cut of three inches, each piece will have a length of x-3.

The total length of the five pieces is five time the expression x-3:

Hence, the expression for the total length of the five pieces can be written as follow:

f(x) = 5(x - 3)

where f(x) is the function which determines the total length