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A piece of cloth was 4 2/3 meters long. The maximum number of 5/6 meters long was cut from this piece of cloth. What is the length of the remaining material?

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[tex]\text{Total length = 4}\frac{2}{3}\text{ meters}[/tex][tex]\text{Length of piece of cloth cut = }\frac{5}{6}[/tex]

Length of the reamining piece of cloth

[tex]\begin{gathered} =\text{ 4}\frac{2}{3}\text{ - }\frac{5}{6} \\ =\text{ 4(}\frac{2}{3}\text{ - }\frac{5}{6}) \\ =\text{ 4(}\frac{4\text{ - 5}}{6}) \\ =\text{ } \end{gathered}[/tex][tex]\begin{gathered} =4\frac{-1}{6} \\ =\text{ 3}\frac{6-1}{6} \\ =\text{ 3}\frac{5}{6}\text{ meters} \end{gathered}[/tex]

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