Answer
Length of the brace $= 33.4$ inches
Work Step by Step
To find the total length of the brace material, we need to calculate the hypotenuse of the right triangle with the Pythagorean Theorem, where the side lengths are:
$a = 25.5 in$
$b=18.3in$
We calculate the hypotenuse and add the 2 extra segments where the brace is held.
So,
$c = \sqrt {25.5in^{2} + 18.3in^{2}} + 2(1.0 in) = 33.39~in\approx 33.4~in$
