Question

laura's paper airplane flew 9 1/6 feet. that was 2 3/4 feet farther than Max's plane flew. write and solve an equation to show how far max's paper airplane flew.

Answer 1

Alright, lets get started.

Laura's paper airplane flew = $9\frac{1}{6} = \frac{55}{6}$

It is farther than Max's plane flew = $2\frac{3}{4}= \frac{11}{4}$

So the equation for the distance for Max's paper plane flew will be = $\frac{55}{6} -\frac{11}{4}$

Solving the above equation

$\frac{55}{6} -\frac{11}{4}$

These are two fractions in subtraction, so we need to make common denominator

$\frac{110}{12}- \frac{33}{12}$

$\frac{110-33}{12}$

$\frac{77}{12}$

$6\frac{5}{12}$

So, max's paper airplane flew = $6\frac{5}{12}$ feet :     Answer

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