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My-Lien has enough room in her truck to move 3.385 tons of gravel. Her father has asked her to move 3 5/16 tons. My-Lien will have enough room to move the amount of gravel her father has asked her to.

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Answer:

True

Explanation:

You want to know if My-Lien has enough room in a truck with a capacity of 3.385 tons to move 3 5/16 tons of gravel.

Space available

The empty space can be found by subtracting the load from the capacity of the truck. The attached calculator output shows there is room for an addition 0.0725 tons.

My-Lien will have enough room to move the gravel.

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Alternate solution

You can convert 3 5/16 to a decimal: 3.3125. Clearly, this amount is less than 3.3850.

My-Lien has enough room in her truck to move 3.385 tons of gravel. Her father has-example-1
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