a steamship has length of 8783/4 feet
it's width at widest point is 991/2 feet
how much grater is it's length than it's width
878 3/4 - 99 2/4 = ?
I'll be glad to check your answer.
7791/4
Right.
Please leave a space between the whole number and the fraction.
779 1/4
To find out how much greater the length of the steamship is than its width, we need to subtract the width from the length.
Given:
Length of the steamship = 8783/4 feet
Width at the widest point = 991/2 feet
To subtract fractions, we need to have a common denominator. In this case, we can convert both fractions to have a common denominator of 4:
Length of the steamship = 8783/4 feet = (8783/4) * (2/2) = 17566/8 feet
Width at the widest point = 991/2 feet = (991/2) * (4/4) = 3964/8 feet
Now we can subtract the width from the length:
17566/8 feet - 3964/8 feet = (17566 - 3964)/8 feet = 13602/8 feet
To simplify this fraction, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2:
13602/8 feet = (13602/2) / (8/2) feet = 6801/4 feet
Therefore, the length of the steamship is 6801/4 feet greater than its width.