Question

Plz help

You want to place a towel bar that is 24 1⁄4 centimeters long in the center of a door that is 70 1⁄3 centimeters wide. How far should you place the bar from each edge of the door? (Write the answer as a mixed number.)

____cm

Answer 1

70 1/3 - 24 1/4
70 4/12 - 24 3/12
= 46 1/12
divide by 2 for both sides doorway
= 23 1/24 cm