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Melissa needs 3.87 feet of string to use as a border for her poster. Melissa finds a piece of string that is 4.25 feet long.


How much string will Mellisa have left over?

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Find out the how much string will Mellisa have left over .

To prove

Let us assume that the  string will Mellisa have left over be x .

As given

Melissa needs 3.87 feet of string to use as a border for her poster.

Melissa finds a piece of string that is 4.25 feet long.

Than the equation is write in the form

x = 4.25 - 3.87

x = 0.38 feet

Therefore the  string will Mellisa have left over be  0.38 feet .

Hence proved

The length of string Mellisa will have left over is 0.38 feet

From the question,

We are to determine how much string Mellisa would have left over.

From the given information

Melissa needs 3.87 feet of string to use as a border for her poster.

Then,

She finds a piece of string that is 4.25 feet long.

That means,

From the piece of string that she found, she will use 3.87 feet out of the 4.25 feet.

∴ The length of string Mellisa will have left is = 4.25 feet - 3.87 feet

The length of string Mellisa will have left is = 0.38 feet

Hence, the length of string Mellisa will have left over is 0.38 feet

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