Jim Nasium is building a tree house for his two daughters. He cuts 12 pieces of wood from a board that is 128 inches long. He cuts 5 pieces that measure 15.75 inches each and 7 pieces evenly cut from what is left. Jim calculates that, due to the width of his cutting blade, he will lose a total of 2 inches of wood after making all of the cuts. What is the length of each of the seven pieces? please help

1. what is the formula for finding the vertical distance between two points on a coordinate plane?

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Find the value of the variable and the length of each secant segment.