Question

John needs to cut three strips of wood, inches, inches, and inches long. He has a strip that is inches long. How long will the leftover piece be after he cuts what he wants?

Answer 1

the left over piece is
`11 (4)/(5)` inches

Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

The total length of the strips is

`= 11 (3)/(5) + 15 (1)/(5) + 9 (2)/(3) \\\\= (58)/(5) + (76)/(5) + (47)/(5)\\\\= (58 + 76 + 47)/(5)\\\\= (181)/(5)\\\\= 36 (1)/(5)`

The left over piece would be

`= 48 - 36 (1)/(5)\\\\= 48 - (181)/(5)\\\\= (240 - 181)/(5)\\\\= (59)/(5)\\\\= 11 (4)/(5)`

Hence, the left over piece is
`11 (4)/(5)` inches