Reema wants to build a coat rack for the front hallway. The wall is
4 feet long, and the piece of wood she has for the rack is 28 1/4
inches long. She wants to center the coat rack on the wall. There
needs to be an equal amount of space, about 7 or 8 inches,
between the coat hooks. The first and last hooks should be no

less than 1 3/4 inches from either end of the wood. How many
hooks should Reema use? What is the distance between the
hooks? What is the distance of each hook from the left edge of
the wood?