You want to place a towel bar that is 10 1⁄4 inches long in the center of a door that is 26 1⁄3 inches wide. How far should you place the bar from each edge of the door?

Answer 1

26 2/3 - 10 1/4

=16 and (2/3-1/4) = 16 + (8/12-3/12) = 16 5/12

divide by 2 to get

8 5/24 inches from each edge

= 8.208333... inches from each edge

checking the answer:

8 5/24 times 2 + 10 1/4 = 26 2/3

= 197/24 x 2 + 41/4

= 197/12+123/12

= 320/12

=160/6

26 2/3= 80/3 = 160/6