Olivia wants to cut 3 3/4 inches from a piece of string. She has already cut off 2 9/16 inches from the piece of string. How much more string should she cut off.

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German Brown

28 May, 00:49

Olivia wants to cut 3 3/4 inches from a piece of string. She has already cut off 2 9/16 inches from the piece of string. How much more string should she cut off.

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Malia Mullins · Answer 1

Answer: she still has to cut off 19/16 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

Olivia wants to cut 3 3/4 inches from a piece of string. Converting 3 3/4 inches to improper fraction, it becomes 15/4 inches.

She has already cut off 2 9/16 inches from the piece of string. Converting 2 9/16 inches to improper fraction, it becomes 41/16 inches.

Therefore, the length of string that is left for her to cut off would be

15/4 - 41/16 = (60 - 41) / 16

= 19/16 inches