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A stack of magazines is 4 2/5 inches high. The stack needs to fit into a box that is 2 1/8 inches high. How many inches too high is the stack?

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2 11/40 inches to high as a mixed number and 2.275 as a decimal
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Answer: Equation: 4
(2)/(5)-2
(1)/(8) ; estimate: a

little more than 2 inches; answer: 2
(11)/(40)

inches.

Explanation:

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