Austin needs to cut a piece of lumber to an exact size. His first cut takes off 16/64ths of an inch. The lumber is still too long, so he removes 2/64ths of an inch. Then, to get it just right, he sands off the last 64th of an inch. What length of lumber has Austin removed in total

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Austin needs to cut a piece of lumber to an exact size. His first cut takes off 16/64ths of an inch. The lumber is still too long, so he removes 2/64ths of an inch. Then, to get it just right, he sands off the last 64th of an inch. What length of lumber has Austin removed in total






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