Question

Sinister Stan stole 3 3/4 oz of slime from Messy Molly, but his evil plans require 6 3/8 oz of slime. He stole another 2 3/5 oz of slime from Rude Ralph. How much more slime does Sinister Stan need for his evil plan? Do not include units (oz) in your answer.

Answer 1

Given: Sinister Stan sole 3 3/4 oz of slime from Messy Molly and another 2 3/5 oz of slime from Rude Ralph.

Total slime required for his evil plans=6 3/8.

Therefore, slime requried to achive his plan is given by:

`\begin{gathered} 6(3)/(8)-(3(3)/(4)+2(3)/(5))=(51)/(3)-((15)/(4)+(13)/(5)) \\ =(51)/(8)-((75)/(20)+(52)/(20)) \\ =(51)/(8)-((127)/(20)) \\ =(510)/(80)-(508)/(80) \\ =(2)/(80) \\ =(1)/(40) \end{gathered}`

Thus, the slime requried to achieve the evil plan is:

`(1)/(40)`