Your city wants to replace a fence around the city baseball field property, including the parking lot. The city learns that the total distance around the property is 1 1/2 of a mile. They already have enough fencing to cover 3/4 of a mile. How much more distance of fencing would they need to purchase?
To find out how much more distance of fencing the city would need to purchase, we need to subtract the distance they already have from the total distance around the property.
The total distance around the property is 1 1/2 miles.
The distance they already have is 3/4 of a mile.
So, to find out how much more distance they need to purchase, we can subtract 3/4 mile from 1 1/2 miles:
1 1/2 - 3/4 = 2/2 - 3/4 = 4/4 - 3/4 = 1/4 mile.
Therefore, the city would need to purchase 1/4 mile more of fencing.