Question

You want to place a towel bar that is 10 1⁄4 inches long in the center of a door that is 26 1⁄3 inches wide. How far should you place the bar from each edge of the door? (Write the answer as a mixed number.)

Answer 1

26 1/3 - 10 1/4=16 1/12

16 1/12 divided by 2=8 1/24

Answer 2

`(26 (1)/(3) -10 (1)/(4))/(2)=\\ ( (79)/(3) - (41)/(4) )/(2) =\\ ( (79)/(3) * (4)/(4) - (41)/(4) * (3)/(3) )/(2) =\\ ( (356)/(12)- (123)/(12) )/(2) =\\ ( (233)/(12) )/(2) =\\ (233)/(24) =\\ 9(17)/(24)`

9 17/24 inches.