Explanation
to solve this we need to do a subtraction, so
remainign paper= total paper- cut paper so
Step 1
Let
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{total paper= 10 ft} \\ \text{cut paper= 2 }\frac{3}{4} \end{gathered}[/tex]so
a) convert the mixed into improper fraction,
remember:
[tex]a\frac{b}{c}=\frac{(a\cdot c)+b}{c}[/tex]so
[tex]2\text{ }\frac{3}{4}=\frac{(2\cdot4)+3}{4}=\frac{11}{4}[/tex]now, replace to solve
remainign paper= total paper- cut paper so
replace
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{remaining paper= 10-}\frac{11}{4} \\ \text{remaining paper= }\frac{10\cdot4-1\cdot11}{4}=\frac{40-11}{4}=\frac{29}{4} \end{gathered}[/tex]so, the remainin paper is
[tex]\frac{29}{4}\text{ ft}[/tex]I hope this helps you
