Question

You want to place a towel bar that is 8 1⁄4 inches long in the center of a door that is 26 1⁄3 inches long. 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)-8(1)/(4))/(2)\\((79)/(3)-(33)/(4))/(2)\\((316)/(12)-(99)/(12))/(2)\\((217)/(12))/(2)\\(217)/(24)\\9(1)/(24)`

9 1/24 inches.