Question

From a board 8 feet in length,Emmet cut two ,2 and 1 over3-foot bookshelves.how much of the board remained?

Answer 1

2 1/3+2 1/3 =4 2/3
8-4 2/3 is 3 1/3.
3 1/3 is your answer.

Answer 2

5
`(2)/(3)`

Step-by-step explanation:

To get how much of the board remained, we simply subtract the length Emmet cut from the initial length of the board

Initial length of the board = 8

Length cut out = 2
`(1)/(3)`

=
`(7)/(3)`

Length of board remained = Initial length of board - Length cut out

= 8 -
`(7)/(3)`

=
`(24-7)/(3)`

=
`(17)/(3)`

= 5
`(2)/(3)`

Therefore the length of the board remained is 5
`(2)/(3)` feet