Answer:
- laura's distance = max's distance + 2 3/4 feet
- max's distance = 5 feet 5 inches
Step-by-step explanation:
If you consider the English-language meaning of the description of the distances, you can see there might be several ways you could write an equation that says the same thing. Some of them are ...
laura's distance = max's distance + 2 3/4 feet
laura's distance - max's distance = 2 3/4 feet
laura's distance - 2 3/4 feet = max's distance
The first of these equations is shown as an answer above. The last of these equations gives max's distance directly, so is the most useful for finding that value.
laura's distance - 2 3/4 feet = max's distance
8 1/6 feet - 2 3/4 feet = max's distance
5 5/12 feet = max's distance . . . . . . do the arithmetic
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