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.

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Laura's paper airplane flew = [tex]9\frac{1}{6} = \frac{55}{6}[/tex]

It is farther than Max's plane flew = [tex]2\frac{3}{4}= \frac{11}{4}[/tex]

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

Solving the above equation

[tex]\frac{55}{6} -\frac{11}{4}[/tex]

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

[tex]\frac{110}{12}- \frac{33}{12}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{110-33}{12}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{77}{12}[/tex]

[tex]6\frac{5}{12}[/tex]

So, max's paper airplane flew = [tex]6\frac{5}{12}[/tex] feet :     Answer

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