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Diego is 59.5 inches tall. His brother is 40.125 inches tall. How much taller than his brother is Diego? Show your work and reasoning.

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Answer:

19.375 inches taller.

Explanation:

To find the difference between two measured things, like height, you would you subtraction. We take the bigger number first, as the difference cannot be negative and build this equation:

59.500 - 40.125 = ???

Then we do normal subtraction getting the answer of 19.375.

Next we add the unit on the final answer.

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