Lucy saws a wooden rod into two pieces. The larger piece is 734 inches long. The original rod was 918 inches long. How many inches long is the resulting smaller piece?(1 point)
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1678
16 Start Fraction 7 over 8 End Fraction
2
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258
2 Start Fraction 5 over 8 End Fraction
138
To find the length of the smaller piece, we must subtract the length of the larger piece from the original length of the rod.
918 - 734 = 184
Therefore, the resulting smaller piece is 184 inches long.