a musicians hair was originally 3 inches long she asks a hairdresser to cut 5/6 of of it off how many inches does she have cut off
Mathematics · College · Tue Nov 03 2020
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To calculate how many inches does the hairdresser have to cut the musician's hair, subtract the length of the musician's hair by the length he wants to cut it off. Since the musician's hair measures 3 inches and he wants to cut 5/6 of 3 inches, multiply 3 inches by 5/6 of 3 inches to calculate how many inches does the hairdresser have to cut off the hair of the musician.
This can be written as 3 * 5/6
> 3 * 5/6
> 15/6
> 2 1/2 inches.
The hairdresser have to cut 2 1/2 inches out of the 3 inches long hair of the musician.