The two wooden sticks are 2.38 meters and 1.96 meters long respectively, and Lele wants to connect them into a long wooden stick with an overlap of 0.34 meters at the joints. How long is the connected wooden stick?
两根木棒分别长2.38米和1.96米，乐乐要把它们连接成一根长木棒，接头处重叠0.34米．连接后的木棒长多少米？
<gadget id="calculator">2.38 - 0.34</gadget>
<output>2.04</output>

<gadget id="calculator">1.96 + 2.04</gadget>
<output>4</output>

<result>4</result>