Question

eddy drilled into a piece of wood and a joist to attach them if he drilled 3 inches and the wood was 1 1/3 inches thick how far did he drill into the joist

Answer 1

JD = 5/3 or 1 2/3 inches.

Answer 2

In order to find how far was drilled into the joist subtract the thickness of the wood from the total drilled and follow those steps

Step 1

Convert mixed number to an improper fraction

`1(1)/(3)\ in= (1*3+1)/(3)= (4)/(3)\ in`

Step 2

Subtract the thickness of the wood from the total drilled

`3-(4)/(3)= (9)/(3)- (4)/(3)= (5)/(3)\ in`

Step 3

Convert improper fraction to a mixed number

`(5)/(3)\ in=(3)/(3)+(2)/(3)=1+(2)/(3)=1(2)/(3)\ in`

therefore

the answer is

`1(2)/(3)\ in`