Question

A home is to be built on a 56 foot 9 inch wide lot. The house is 5 feet 5 inches from the side of the lot and is 34 feet 10 inches wide. How far is the house from the other side of the lot?

Answer 1

132

123

Explanation:

Answer 2

check the picture below, so the distance of the house from the other side is that blue gap.

so, there are 12 inches in 1 foot, so let's just convert all those feet to inches and subtract them.


`\bf 56'\implies (56\cdot 12)''\implies 672'' \\\\\\ 5'5''\implies (5\cdot 12+5)''\implies 65'' \\\\\\ 34'10''\implies (34\cdot 12 + 10)''\implies 418''\\\\ -------------------------------\\\\ 672''-(65+418)''\implies 189''\implies 15'9''`