Question

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?

Answer 1

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.