Fran’s filing cabinet is 4 feet tall, 1 1/2 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. She plans to paint all sides except the bottom of the cabinet.

Nick has box brads. he uses 4 brads for the first project. nick let’s b represent the original number of brads and finds that for the second project, the number of brads he uses is 8 more than half the difference of b and 4. write an expression to represent the number of brads he uses for the second project.