Asked by gabby

From an iron rod of 11 inches long, two pieces of length 13\5 inches and 33\10 inches are cut off. What is the length of the remaining rod?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The notation is ambiguous, so I’ll give both reasonable readings.

1) If the pieces are 1 3/5 and 3 3/10 inches:
1 3/5 = 16/10, 3 3/10 = 33/10, sum = 49/10.
Remaining = 11 − 49/10 = 110/10 − 49/10 = 61/10 = 6 1/10 in.

2) If the pieces are 13/5 and 33/10 inches:
13/5 = 26/10, 33/10 = 33/10, sum = 59/10.
Remaining = 11 − 59/10 = 110/10 − 59/10 = 51/10 = 5 1/10 in.

Which interpretation did you mean?