8. Cut a plastic pipe that is 374 centimeters long into several shorter pipes of 36 centimeters and 24 centimeters (neglecting processing loss), the remaining part of the pipe will be ( ) centimeters.
【Answer】353
【Analysis】Exam point: Indeterminate equation, Number theory, Enumeration method
When $374=36 a+24 b ; a=9, b=2$, left $2 \text{ cm} ; a=8, b=3$, left $14 \text{ cm} ; a=7, b=5$, left $2 \text{ cm}$; $a=6, b=6$, left $14 \text{ cm} ; \ldots \ldots$; that is, the remainder is $2 \text{ cm}$ or $14 \text{ cm}$, the least remainder is $2 \text{ cm}$.