SOLUTION: A board is being cut into 3 pieces. the board was orginially 12 1/3 ft. long. the first piece cut off was 7 2/5 ft long. the second piece was 3 1/8 ft long. how long is the piece
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Question 273138: A board is being cut into 3 pieces. the board was orginially 12 1/3 ft. long. the first piece cut off was 7 2/5 ft long. the second piece was 3 1/8 ft long. how long is the piece that is left?
Found 2 solutions by checkley77, Alan3354:
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
12 ft 4 in
-(7 ft 4.8 in)
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4 ft 11.2 in
-(3 ft 1.5 in)
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1 ft 9.7 in ans.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
12 ft 4 in
=11 ft 16 in
-(7 ft 4.8 in)
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4 ft 11.2 in
-(3 ft 1.5 in)
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1 ft 9.7 in ans.
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Soooo much easier than the metric system, right?
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