SOLUTION: MEASUREMENT, A physican's assistant measures a child and finds that his height is 41_1/2 in. at his last vist to the docters office ,the child was 38_3/4 in. tall. How much did th

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Question 22073: MEASUREMENT, A physican's assistant measures a child and finds that his height is 41_1/2 in. at his last vist to the docters office ,the child was 38_3/4 in.
tall. How much did the grow?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Subtract 38 3/4 from 41 1/2, as follows:
41 1/2 = 83/2 = 166/4
38 3/4 = 155/4
Subtracting you get 11/4 or 2 3/4 inches
Cheers,
Stan H.