It snowed [tex]\frac{3}{10}[/tex] foot more yesterday than today
Solution:
Given that, At the Butler Ski Resort, it snowed 1/2 of a foot yesterday and 1/5 of a foot today
From given information,
[tex]\text{Snowed yesterday } = \frac{1}{2} \text{ foot }\\\\\text{Snowed today } = \frac{1}{5} \text{ foot }[/tex]
To find: how much more did it snow yesterday than today
So we have to find the difference between snowed yesterday and today
[tex]\text{Difference} = \text{Snowed yesterday } - \text{ snowed today }\\\\\text{Difference} = \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{5}\\\\\text{Difference} = \frac{1 \times 5}{2 \times 5}-\frac{1 \times 2}{5 \times 2}\\\\\text{Difference} = \frac{5}{10}-\frac{2}{10}\\\\\text{Difference} =\frac{3}{10}[/tex]
Hence it snowed [tex]\frac{3}{10}[/tex] foot more yesterday than today
