Question

Melissa needs 3.87 feet of string to use as a border for her poster. Melissa finds a piece of string that is 4.25 feet long.

Answer 1

.38 cause u subtract 4.25-3.87= .38

Answer 2

Answer

Find out the how much string will Mellisa have left over .

To prove

Let us assume that the  string will Mellisa have left over be x .

As given

Melissa needs 3.87 feet of string to use as a border for her poster.

Melissa finds a piece of string that is 4.25 feet long.

Than the equation is write in the form

x = 4.25 - 3.87

x = 0.38 feet

Therefore the  string will Mellisa have left over be  0.38 feet .

Hence proved