Question

Doug digs a hole that is 1.7 feet below ground level. He plants a bush that is 3 1/5 feet from the bottom of the root to the top branch. How much of the bush is above ground?

Answer 1

The bush is 1.5 feet above the ground

Step by step explanation:
Since the bush is getting placed inside the hole, you remove 1.7 from the height above so 3 1/5 - 1.7 = 1.5. Now the height above the ground is only 1.5 feet so that would be the answer.

Answer 2

The Hole is 1.7 feet below ground level, and the bush is 3 2/10 feet tall from the bottom of the root to the top branch. Then 1.5 feet long bush is above the ground.

What is the difference?

The difference is one of the important mathematical operations, which is obtained by subtracting two numbers

By given data,

Hole is 1.7 feet below ground level

1.7 = 1 7/10 = 17/10

Bush that is 3 2/10 feet tall from the bottom of the root to the top branch.

3 2/10 = 32/10

Now to find the distance of the bush from the ground, we need to find the difference.

32/10 - 17/10 = 15/10 = 1 5/10 = 1.5 feet above ground.

Therefore 1.5 feet is the answer