Anne and nancy are the two tallest basketball players on their high school team. anne is 67 3/5 inches talk and nancy is 71 1/2 inches tall. how many inches taller is nancy than anne ?

Step-by-step explanation:

First, subtract the whole numbers. This will make everything easier.

71 - 67 = 4

Now, get common denominators for the fractions.

Both fractions can be multiplied so the denominator is 10. Multiply 3/5 by 2 and 1/2 by 5.

Now, subtract.

You end up with:

Of course, you can't have a negative fraction in a mixed number, so take 1 out of 4 to subtract the fraction.

You get:

10/60

step-by-step explanation:

if you divide 10 by 60 the answer is 0.166666 while if you divide or solve the other problems it equals 0.6

-7/8

step-by-step explanation:

instead of subtracting you add the -6/8 and -1/8