Question

Please Help Please

The base of a triangle is 5/8 feet. The height is 1/3 feet.

How much greater is the base of the triangle than the height?

A.7/24
ft

B.1/3
ft

C.4/5
ft

D.23/24
ft

Answer 1

Certainly you know what calculation we need to do to get the answer. What do we need to do to get the answer here?

Answer 2

no math is one of my worst subjects

Answer 3

To find out how much greater one thing is than another we need to....

Answer 4

that's pretty basic..

Answer 5

How do you figure out how much greater 52 is than 45?

Answer 6

Let "base of triangle" be " b " and let the height be " h ".

Write out, in terms of b and h, the quantity we want.

Example: I am 69 years old; you are 17. How much older am I? 69-17 = ?

Answer 7

Why complicate things by bringing in algebra with b and h?

Answer 8

How much greater is the base (5/8) than the height (1/3) ?

Answer 9

it is grater by 5 i think

Answer 10

You forgot how to subtract fractions. That's ok. Lets look at it here.