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A flea weighs 8 decigrams, and an ant weighs 3 milligrams. How much more does a flea weigh than an ant?

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It should be about 7.9 decigrams
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User ISmita
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It should be 7.97 decigrams, since you want to convert 3 milligrams to decigrams (0.03), it is asking "How much more" which means you subtract. 8 subtracted from 0.03 is 7.97.

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