Solve. For following Exercises, the solutions have been started for you. Write each answer in simplest form. 

1. A local restaurant is selling hamburgers from a booth on Memorial Day. A total of 27 3/4 pounds of hamburger have been ordered. How many quarterpound hamburgers can this make?

2. The standard railroad track gauge (see figure) in Spain is 65 9/10 inches, while in neighboring Portugal it is 65 11/20 inches. Which gauge is wider and by how much?

3. A pair of crutches needs adjustment. One crutch is 43 inches and the other is 41 5/8 inches. Find how much the shorter crutch should be lengthened to make both crutches the same length.

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Track gauge (U.S. 56, inches) inch Point of measurement of gauge