Question

A town park has two biking trails. Marsh Trail is 5 3/10 miles long. Woodland trail is 2 4/5 Miles long. How much longer is Mariah trail then Woodland trail

Answer 1

21/2

Explanation:

The answer can be determined by substracting the lengrh of the woodland trail from the Marsh trail

`5(3)/(10)` -
`2(4)/(5)`

`3(3 - 8)/(10)`

`2(5)/(10)`

converting the fraction to its simplest form gives 21/2