Question

if a 15 foot pece of electric tape has 0.56 feet cut from it then what is the new length of tape?

Answer 1

http://www.google.com/#pq=+using+formula+log&hl=en&sugexp=kjrmc&cp=9&gs_id=1h&xhr=t&q=15+-+0.56&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=15+-+0.56&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=2b7a3fac0b3ba78d&biw=711&bih=453

Answer 2

15 - .56 = ?

Answer 3

15 is a whole number. .56 is a decimal. so it needs to be rewritten as
15.00
-0.56
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14.44 in whic case the asnwer is 14.44 :)