Question

One football player advances 5/8 of a yard on a plate. Another football player pants is 6/7 of a yard on the following clay. How many more yards did the second player advance in the first player

Answer 1

To find the difference in yards advanced between the two players, you need to subtract the distance advanced by the first player from the distance advanced by the second player.

The first player advanced 5/8 of a yard.

The second player advanced 6/7 of a yard.

To subtract these amounts, you find a common denominator, which in this case is 56 (the least common multiple of 8 and 7).

For the first player, the equivalent fraction with denominator 56 is: (5/8) * (7/7) = 35/56.

For the second player, the equivalent fraction with denominator 56 is: (6/7) * (8/8) = 48/56.

To find the difference, you subtract the first player's fraction from the second player's fraction: 48/56 - 35/56 = 13/56.

Therefore, the second player advanced 13/56 yards more than the first player.