42 pounds
37/70 or .53 (rounded of course)
minus three fifths
The longer piece is 70 feet and the shorter piece is 56 feet. Three fifths of 70 is 42 and three fourths of 56 is 42.
70*(4/5)= 70*0.8= 56 four fifths of seventy is 56
Assuming that you mean "fifths", the answer is three fifths.
Three and 2 fifths divided by three fifths = 17/3 or 52/3
six and three fifths
two fifths
Three fifths of a hundred is sixty.
Three fifths of fifty is 30.
Three fifths is larger than three eighths