Question

True, Lies, Fluffy, and Ferb all met at the zoo. Fluffy's tail is 1 1/3 meters long, and Fireball's tail is 1 1/4 meters long. How much longer is Fluffy's tail than Fireball's tail?

a) 1/12 meters
b) 1/6meters
c) 1/4meters
d) 1/3 meters

Answer 1

Fluffy's tail is 7/12 meters longer than Fireball's tail.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the difference in length between Fluffy's tail and Fireball's tail, we need to subtract the length of Fireball's tail from the length of Fluffy's tail. Fluffy's tail is 1 1/3 meters long, which is the same as (3/3 + 1/3) meters, and Fireball's tail is 1 1/4 meters long, which is the same as (3/4 + 1/4) meters. Subtracting the lengths, we get:

(3/3 + 1/3) meters - (3/4 + 1/4) meters = (4/3) meters - (4/4) meters

Since the denominators are not the same, we need to find a common denominator. The least common multiple of 3 and 4 is 12. So, we rewrite the subtraction as:

(4/3) meters - (4/4) meters = (16/12) meters - (9/12) meters

Now, we can subtract the numerators and keep the denominator the same:

(16/12) meters - (9/12) meters = 7/12 meters

Therefore, Fluffy's tail is 7/12 meters longer than Fireball's tail.