Question

Jennifer had 7/8 foot board she cut off 1/4 foot peice that was for a project.in feet how much board was left?

Answer 1

`(5)/(8) \text{ feet board is left }`

Solution:

Given that, Jennifer had 7/8 foot board she cut off 1/4 foot peice that was for a project

To find: Board that was left

From given,

`\text{Total length of board } =(7)/(8) \text{ feet }`

`\text{Foot that was cut off } = (1)/(4) \text{ feet }`

Remaining feet of board is found by finding the difference between total length of board and foot that was cut off

`\text{Reamining board } = \text{Total length of board - feet of board that was cut off}\\`

Substituting the values we get,

`\text{Remaining board } = (7)/(8) - (1)/(4)\\\\\text{Remaining board } =(7)/(8) - (1 * 2)/(4 * 2)\\\\\text{Remaining board } =(7)/(8) -(2)/(8) = (7-2)/(8)\\\\\text{Remaining board } =(5)/(8)`

Thus
`(5)/(8)` feet board is left