Question

Subtract: 3.8 - 2.923. Explain in your own words how you would solve this, in detail, from start to finish.

Answer 1

Given:

The expression is 3.8 - 2.923.

To find:

The subtraction.

Solution:

We have,

$3.8-2.923$

It can be written as

$3.800-2.923$

Now,

3 . 8 0 0

-2 . 9 2 3

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0 . 8 8 7

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So, $3.800-2.923=0.887$

Therefore, the value of $3.800-2.923$ is 0.887.