Charlie was having a Halloween party. She decided to make a gigantic spider to hang from the ceiling. The spider has 8 legs. Each leg was 12 3/4 feet long. once she hung the spider, she decided it was too big, so she cut 2 feet of each leg. How many feet of the spiders legs were left hanging on the ceiling

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Tiana Padilla

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11 January, 10:47

Charlie was having a Halloween party. She decided to make a gigantic spider to hang from the ceiling. The spider has 8 legs. Each leg was 12 3/4 feet long. once she hung the spider, she decided it was too big, so she cut 2 feet of each leg. How many feet of the spiders legs were left hanging on the ceiling

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Adonis · Answer 1

86 Feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Total of feet before cutting off: 102 ft

8 x 12.75 = 102 ft

8 x 2 = 16

102 - 16 = 86

OR

12.75 - 2 = 10.75

8 x 10.75 = 86