Answer:
If carol hangs a picture using 3/8 yard of a wire that is 1 1/8 yards long. How much wire will carol have left?
It will be 3/8+1-1/8=1-4/8 So the answer would be he has [tex]1\frac{4}{8}[/tex] of the wire left
Using the concept of subtraction to solve the problem. Then the wire that carol has left is 1 yard from the wire 11/8 yards.
It simply means to deduct something from the object or number of group, place, etc. Subtraction means to take away from the group or a number of objects.
Given
The carol hangs a picture using 3/8 yard of a wire that is 1 1/8 yards long.
We know the formula
Wire left = Total wire - used wire
[tex]\rm Wire\ left = \dfrac{11}{8} - \dfrac{3}{8}\\\\Wire\ left = \dfrac{11-3}{8}\\\\Wire\ left = \dfrac{8}{8}\\\\Wire\ left = 1[/tex]
Thus, the wire that carol has left is 1 yard.
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