Awooden plank of length x is cut into 8 sections such that each section is at most 2 1/2 meters long. what is the length of the entire plank in meters?

Raj encoded a secret phrase using matrix multiplication. using a = 1, b = 2, c = 3, and so on, he multiplied the clear text code for each letter by the matrix to get a matrix that represents the encoded text. the matrix representing the encoded text is . what is the secret phrase? determine the location of spaces after you decode the text. yummy is the corn the tomato is red the corn is yummy red is the tomato