Lucy saws a wooden rod into two pieces. The larger piece is 7 3/4 inches long. The original rod was 9 1/8 inches long. How many inches long is the resulting smaller piece?(1 point)
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2 5/8
16 7/8
2
1 3/8
To find the length of the resulting smaller piece, we can subtract the length of the larger piece from the original length of the rod.
9 1/8 - 7 3/4 = 1 3/8
Therefore, the resulting smaller piece is 1 3/8 inches long.