5 years,21days,4hours,32min,17sec
- 2 years,93days,7hours,47min,24sec
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You'll need to regroup the numbers in the minuend so that each category is larger than the numbers in the subtrahend.
I don't get it. Please could you help me??????????
5 years,21days,4hours,32min,17sec
4 years, 386 days, 4 hours, 32 min, 17 sec
4 years, 385 days, 28 hours, 32 min, 17 sec
4 years, 385 days, 27 hours, 92 min, 17 sec
4 years, 385 days, 27 hours, 91 min, 77 sec
Now subtract.
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You're very welcome.
To subtract the given two time durations, we need to perform the subtraction operation separately for each unit (years, days, hours, minutes, seconds) and then combine the results.
First, let's subtract the years:
5 years - 2 years = 3 years
Next, let's subtract the days:
21 days - 93 days = -72 days
Note that when subtracting days, if the result is negative, we have to borrow from the years.
Since we borrowed 1 year, we need to adjust the previous result of years:
3 years - 1 year = 2 years
Now, let's subtract the hours:
4 hours - 7 hours = -3 hours
Similarly, when the result is negative, we need to borrow from the days:
-72 days - 1 day = -73 days
We also need to adjust the previous result of hours:
-3 hours + 24 hours = 21 hours
Now, let's subtract the minutes:
32 min - 47 min = -15 min
Again, we borrow from the hours when the result is negative:
21 hours - 1 hour = 20 hours
We also need to adjust the previous result of minutes:
-15 min + 60 min = 45 min
Finally, let's subtract the seconds:
17 sec - 24 sec = -7 sec
Similarly, we borrow from the minutes when the result is negative:
45 min - 1 min = 44 min
We also need to adjust the previous result of seconds:
-7 sec + 60 sec = 53 sec
Therefore, the result of subtracting the two time durations is:
2 years, 73 days, 20 hours, 44 min, 53 sec