Josiah has a piece of wood that measures 10 1/8 feet. he wants to make 5 shelves. if each shelf is 1 3/4 feet long, does he have enough to make 5 shelves? explain.

i think the answer is b.

step-by-step explanation:

not 100% sure though.

answer

d. 10

explanation

the distance from point y to wx is the height of the triangle.

using pythagoras theorem,

group similar terms to get,

this implies that,

take positive square root of both sides to get,

this implies that,