Scotty and his dad are repairing the railing along the side of the deck. They put up eight supports with 4 feet between each one. If the first support is at one corner of the deck and the eighth support is at the other corner, how long is the side?

Please explain the answer.

7*4 = 28

You need two posts for one four foot section to start, one more posts than sections.

you take 8 times 4 and it equals 32 so its 32 ft.

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No. Rochel. Both Damon and I are right.

See my diagram above.

To find the length of the side of the deck, we need to determine the total distance covered by the supports. We are given that there are eight supports placed 4 feet apart.

To calculate the total distance, we can use the formula for the distance between consecutive supports: (n-1) * d, where n is the number of supports and d is the distance between each support.

In this case, n = 8 (eight supports) and d = 4 feet (distance between each support).

Substituting the values into the formula, we get: (8-1) * 4 = 7 * 4 = 28 feet.

Therefore, the length of the side of the deck is 28 feet.

Explanation: To solve this problem, we determined the distance covered by the supports along the side of the deck. We used the formula for finding the distance between consecutive supports and substituted the given values to find the total length of the side.

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