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Dave has a board that is 3 1/4 feet long. He cut off 1 7/8 feet from the board. How long is the remaining piece of board?

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Answer:

1 3/8

Explanation:

take out the 3 and 1 and do seperate 3-1=2

1/4 = 2/8

2/8 - 7/8 = 5/8

2-5/8 = 1 3/8

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