The answer is 1/4
because you can add the 3/8 and 1/4, which it will be 5/8.
Then add 5/8 and 1/8 then it eqaul to 6/8
then subtract 1 by 6/8
then you got 2/8 or 1/4
-7 1/8 < -7 1/2 is the answer
P = 3(m - 5)
p is the number of quarters that paulo has
m is the number of quarters that marie has
The answer is 3.75 hope this helped