Jill sees a bed and a desk that she would like to buy for her bedroom, but she is worried that they may not fit along the same wall. The tags say that the bed is $40$ inches wide and the desk is $152$ centimeters wide.

1. What does Jill need to do before she can figure out the total width of the bed and the desk together?

   Hint (a):

   When you add lengths, they must have the same units.

2. Jill sees a chart that tells her that $1$ centimeter is approximately equal to $0.3937$ inches and $1$ inch is approximately equal to $2.54$ centimeters. Help Jill figure out the combined width of the bed and the desk expressed in both inches and centimeters.

   Answer (b):

   $40$ inches $+$ $152$ centimeters is approximately $99.84$ inches. Remember to show your work.

3. If Jill knows that the wall in her room is $9.5$ feet long, can she fit both the bed and the desk along the wall? How can you be sure?

   Hint (c):

   How many inches is $9.5$ feet?