Question

Two cats, Fluffy and Fireball, met in the park. Fluffy's tail is 1/3​​, of a meter long. Fireball's tail is 1/4 of a meter long.

Answer 1

1/3 - 1/4 = 4/12 - 3/12 = 1/12....Fluffy's tail is 1/12 meters longer then Fireball's tail

Answer 2

Answer:Fluffy's tail is
`(1)/(12)` meter longer than Fireball's.

Explanation:

It is given Fluffy and Fireball tails are
`(1)/(3) and (1)/(4)` meters long.

We need to find how long is Fluffy's tail than Fireball's.

To find that we subtract the two fractions:

`(1)/(3) -(1)/(4)`

To subtract the fractions we first find the common denominator.The Least common multiple of 3 and 4 is 12.Writing equivalent fractions with denominator 12 we have:

`(1)/(3) -(1)/(4) =(4)/(12) -(3)/(12)`

Denominators same numerators can be subtracted:

`(4-3)/(12) =(1)/(12)`

Fluffy's tail is
`(1)/(12)` meter longer than Fireball's.