Ill assume you made a typo and meant 5/16 instead of 15/16. And the 5/16 inch nail is 8/16 inches shorter than the 13/16 one. Or you could simplify it to 1/2.
Answer:
[tex]\frac{1}{2} inch[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
One of the nails is [tex]\frac{5}{16}[/tex] inch
The other nail is [tex]\frac{13}{16}[/tex] inch.
Since we are determining how much shorter the [tex]\frac{5}{16}[/tex] inch nail is, we simply find the difference in the length of the two nails.
[tex]=\frac{13}{16}- \frac{5}{16}\\=\frac{8}{16}\\=\frac{1}{2} inch[/tex]
