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Jake has two pet guinea pigs named fluffy and scruffy. Fluffy is8 1/8 inches long. Scruffy is 10 1/4 inches long. How much longer is scruffy than fluffy?

User Lamp Ard
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Answer:

Scruffy is
2(1)/(8) inches longer than Fluffy.

Explanation:

Length of Scruffy =
10(1)/(4) inches

Length of Fluffy =
8(1)/(8) inches

We have to calculate how much Scruffy is longer than Fluffy.

Difference of their lengths =
10(1)/(4)-8(1)/(8)

= (10 - 8) +
((1)/(4)-(1)/(8))

= 2 +
((2-1)/(8))

= 2 +
(1)/(8)

=
2(1)/(8) inches

Therefore, Scruffy is
2(1)/(8) inches longer than Fluffy.

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