Natasha's sculpture was 5 3/16 inches tall. Mayas was 4 times as tall. How much shorter was Natasha's sculpture than Mayas

Natasha's sculpture is 249/16 or 15.5625 or 15 9/16  inches shorter than Mayas sculpture

Step-by-step explanation:

The height of Natasha sculpture is 5 3/16 inches tall. Let us convert the height to an improper fraction.

5 3/16 = 83/16 inches tall. Therefore,

Natasha's sculpture is 83/16 inches tall.

According to the question Mayas own sculpture was 4 times as tall as Natasha's own sculpture. Mathematically, Mayas sculpture height can be expressed as follows

Mayas sculpture height = 4(83/16)

Mayas sculpture height = 4 × 83/16

Mayas sculpture height = 332/16

Mayas sculpture height = 20.75  inches or 83/4 inches

To know how much shorter was Natasha's sculpture we subtract Natasha sculpture height from Mayas sculpture height.

Therefore,

83/4 - 83/16 = (332 - 83) /16 = 249/16 or 15.5625 or 15 9/16

Natasha's sculpture is 249/16 or 15.5625 or 15 9/16  inches shorter than Mayas sculpture