1 ft = 12 inches.....so 8 ft = 12* 8 = 96 inches
96 inches - 94.6 inches = 1.4 inches is cut off of each board
The final answer is choice C) cos(x)Have a look at the attached image to see my work on how I got that answer.
I will use the binomial distrubion to find the probability.

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A - selecting a red checker exactly 7 times in 10 selections


A. discrete
b. categorical
c. continuous
d. continuous
e. discrete (but possibly categorical)
f. continuous
g. categorical