Lucy saws a wooden rod into two pieces. The larger piece is 7 3/4 inches long. The original rod was 9 1/8 inches long. How many inches long is the resulting smaller piece?(1 point)

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2 5/8

16 7/8

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1 3/8

Answer 1

To find the length of the resulting smaller piece, we can subtract the length of the larger piece from the original length of the rod.

9 1/8 - 7 3/4 = 1 3/8

Therefore, the resulting smaller piece is 1 3/8 inches long.