SOLUTION: a merchant sold 7 5/8 meters of cloths to a customer if it was cut from a bolt that contianed 18 2/3 meters how many meters were left?

Question 87581: a merchant sold 7 5/8 meters of cloths to a customer if it was cut from a bolt that contianed 18 2/3 meters
how many meters were left?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a merchant sold 7 5/8 meters of cloths to a customer if it was cut from a bolt that contianed 18 2/3 meters
how many meters were left?
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18 2/3 - 7 5/8
= 56/3 - 61/8
=(8*56 - 61*3)/24
= 265/24
= 11.04166666666... meters left
Cheers,
Stan H.
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