Answer:
Natasha's sculpture is 249/16 or 15.5625 or 15 9/16 inches shorter than Mayas sculpture
Explanation:
The height of Natasha sculpture is 5 3/16 inches tall. Let us convert the height to an improper fraction.
5 3/16 = 83/16 inches tall. Therefore,
Natasha's sculpture is 83/16 inches tall.
According to the question Mayas own sculpture was 4 times as tall as Natasha's own sculpture. Mathematically, Mayas sculpture height can be expressed as follows
Mayas sculpture height = 4(83/16)
Mayas sculpture height = 4 × 83/16
Mayas sculpture height = 332/16
Mayas sculpture height = 20.75 inches or 83/4 inches
To know how much shorter was Natasha's sculpture we subtract Natasha sculpture height from Mayas sculpture height.
Therefore,
83/4 - 83/16 = (332 - 83) /16 = 249/16 or 15.5625 or 15 9/16
Natasha's sculpture is 249/16 or 15.5625 or 15 9/16 inches shorter than Mayas sculpture