Question

john lives 3/8 mile from the museum of science. sylvia lives 1/4 mile from the museum of science. how much closer is sylvia to the museum?

Answer 1

We have that the distance Sylvia is closer to the museum equals:

`(3)/(8)-(1)/(4)=(1)/(8)=0.125`

So, she is 0.125 miles closer than John.

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To determine the difference between two values, we subtract the smallest value from the greatest value, which gives us the difference between them.

Since 3/8 > 1/4 we subtract 1/4 from 3/8.