Question

A pipe has 9/16" that is threaded, but you need to trim 4/32" off of the threaded part. How long will the threaded be after the trim? a. 17/32, b. 7/8, c. 7/16, d/ 15/32

Answer 1

To find the answer, we can begin by converting 9/16 to a denominator of 32. This can be done by multiplying everything by 2:

9 • 2 = 18
16 • 2 = 32

Our new fraction is 18/32. Now to subtract:

18/32 - 4/32 = 14/32

With our new fraction, we can divide the numerator and denominator by 2 to find that:

18/32 - 4/32 = 7/16

Hence, our final difference is option C.