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Spencer has a wooden post that is five and three sevenths feet long. He cut two and one half feet off the post. What is the length of the remaining post in feet?

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sqdancefan

Answer:

  2 13/14 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

The remaining length is the difference between the starting length and the amount cut off:

  5 3/7 - 2 1/2 = (5 -2) +(3/7 -1/2) = 3 +((3·2-7·1)/(7·2)) = 3 -1/14

  = 2 13/14 . . . feet remaining

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Additional comment

Addition and subtraction of fractions can be accomplished using a formula that does not rely on finding a least common denominator. In this case, the denominators have no common factors, so their product is, in fact, the least common denominator.

  [tex]\dfrac{a}{b}-\dfrac{c}{d}=\dfrac{ad-bc}{bd}[/tex]

sasha3133

Answer:

3 and five fifthteenths or  3 and 4/9

Step-by-step explanation:

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