You have been given the job of cutting a supply of 2" x 4" pieces of lumber for a frame house.
Each piece is to be 14 inches long. Each cut is inch wide. At Home Depot and Lowe's, the
choices of stock length are 10 feet, 12 feet, and 14 feet. You have been asked to choose the
length of stock that will have the least amount of waste after you cut as many pieces as you can
from it. Which length of stock should you choose?