Question

Flora's car is 59/100 of a meter longer than Sally's car. Sally's car is 2/10 of a meter longer than Trevor's car. How much longer is Flora's car than Trevor's car? Use a complete sentence to explain your reasoning

Answer 1

Answer: 79/100

Explanation:

From the information given in the question, we are informed that Flora's car is 59/100 of a meter longer than Sally's car while Sally's car is 2/10 of a meter longer than Trevor's car.

The length of Flora's car than Trevor's car will be the addition of 59/100 and 2/10. This will be:

= 59/100 + 2/10

= 59/100 + 20/100

= 79/100

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