Question
Your city wants to replace a fence around the city baseball field property, including the parking lot. The city learns that the total distance around the property is 1 1/2 of a mile. They already have enough fencing to cover 3/4 of a mile. How much more distance of fencing would they need to purchase?(1 point)
Responses
3/4 of a mile
2 1/4 of a mile
1/2 of a mile
1 mile
To find out how much more distance of fencing they would need to purchase, subtract the amount they already have from the total distance around the property.
Total distance around the property = 1 1/2 miles
Already have = 3/4 mile
To find the remaining distance needed, we subtract:
1 1/2 miles - 3/4 mile = 3/4 mile
Therefore, they would need to purchase an additional 3/4 of a mile of fencing.
Answer: 3/4 of a mile
To determine how much more distance of fencing the city would need to purchase, we need to subtract the distance they already have enough fencing for from the total distance around the property.
Total distance around the property: 1 1/2 miles
Fencing already available: 3/4 miles
To find the remaining distance, we can subtract the available fencing from the total distance:
1 1/2 miles - 3/4 miles = 3/4 mile
Therefore, the city would need to purchase an additional 3/4 mile of fencing.
To determine how much more distance of fencing the city would need to purchase, we can subtract the amount of fencing they already have from the total distance around the property.
The total distance around the property is given as 1 1/2 of a mile.
The amount of fencing they already have is given as 3/4 of a mile.
To subtract fractions, the denominators need to be the same. We can convert the mixed number 1 1/2 into an improper fraction.
1 1/2 = (2 * 1 + 1)/2 = 3/2
Now we can subtract the fractions:
(3/2) - (3/4) = [(3 * 2) - (3 * 1)] / (2 * 4) = (6 - 3) / 8 = 3/8
So, the city would need to purchase an additional 3/8 of a mile of fencing.
Since none of the answer choices match, this question doesn't have one correct answer. However, the closest option is 1/2 of a mile, which is equal to 4/8 of a mile.