The answer to your question is 50%
Answer:
check your math
Step-by-step explanation:
The first subtraction was correct:
36 -7 3/4 = 28 1/4
The second subtraction needs to be revisited.
28 1/4 -6 2/4 = 27 5/4 -6 2/4 = 21 3/4
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You can do what you did, but you need to pay attention to the signs.
28 1/4 -6 2/4 = (28 -6) +(1/4 -2/4) = 22 - 1/4 = 21 3/4
The result of subtracting 2/4 from 1/4 is -1/4, not +1/4.
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The length of the first cut piece was 21 3/4 inches.
Answer:
-1/3
Step-by-step explanation:
Take the ratio of the corresponding sides to get the scale factor so for this equation let's use the hypotenuse.
The length of the hypotenuse of the larger triangle is 12 units and the smaller triangle's hypotenuse is 4 so 4/12 is the scale factor.
However 4/12 can be simplified down to 1/3.
Since the smaller triangle has been flipped upside down the scale factor is negative so the final answer is -1/3
5/50 step-by-step explanation:
