Focusing on the length:
1 yard = 3 feet = 36 inches
36 inches x 5/8 = 22.5 inches
Half of 17 and five-eighths inches is 8 and seven-eighths inches. To find this, first convert 17 and five-eighths to an improper fraction, which is 141/8 inches. Dividing this by 2 gives you 141/16 inches, which simplifies to 8 and seven-eighths inches.
22.5 Inches
9⅝" (That is, if you meant how to write it out)
closer to 6
5/8 * 2 = 5/4 = 1.25 inches.
Half of 17 and five-eighths inches is 8 and seven-eighths inches. To find this, first convert 17 and five-eighths to an improper fraction, which is 141/8 inches. Dividing this by 2 gives you 141/16 inches, which simplifies to 8 and seven-eighths inches.
22.5 Inches
9⅝" (That is, if you meant how to write it out)
closer to 6
3 and 7/8 inches.
The dimensions of a standard red brick are three?æand five eighths by two?æand a quarter by eight inches. A jumbo one measures three and five eighths by 2 and three?æquarters by eight inches.
5/8 * 2 = 5/4 = 1.25 inches.
Five eighths is not equal to five sixteenths. Five eighths is a larger fraction than five sixteenths.
The percentage of five eighths is 62.5%.
One quarter is two eighths, so five eighths subtract two eighths is three eighths.
Two and five eighths
The answer is 1 1/4.