Based on the given measurements, Maile would need additional wood to complete her table. Each board has a length of 36 inches, and she wants the table to be 36 inches long. This means she can use one board for the length. However, the width of the table is 12 inches, and each board only has a width of 24 inches. Therefore, she would need two more boards to achieve the desired width.
To determine if she has enough wood for the legs, we can calculate the total area of the boards. Each board has an area of (36 inches x 24 inches) = 864 square inches. Since she has three boards, the total area is 3 x 864 = 2592 square inches.
For the legs, she wants each leg to be 12 inches by 12 inches. So the area of each leg would be (12 inches x 12 inches) = 144 square inches. Since she wants four legs, the total area required for the legs is 4 x 144 = 576 square inches.
Therefore, to construct the table, Maile has enough wood for the length and width (using the three boards), but she would need additional wood to create the four legs. She would need to acquire an additional 576 - 2592 = 2016 square inches of wood.