A drawing of a surfboard in a catalog shows its length as 8 4 over 9 inches. Find the actual length of the surfboard if 1 half inch length on the drawing corresponds to 3 over 8 foot of actual length. Submit your answer as a fraction using the format, 1 2/3. Do not include units, ft, in your answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: Length in drawing =

Also, half inch on drawing = actual length.

1 inch on drawing =

The actual length of the surfboard =

a4 - 3a2 - 1

step-by-step explanation:

step   1   :

equation at the end of step   1   :

  ((a4) -   3a2) -   1

step   2   :

trying to factor by splitting the middle term

2.1     factoring   a4-3a2-1  

the first term is,   a4   its coefficient is   1 .

the middle term is,   -3a2   its coefficient is   -3 .

the last term, "the constant", is   -1