Fencing material
Ailey bought 10 meters of wire fencing material to enclose her triangular flower garden. If the lengths of the sides of the triangular garden are 2 ½ meters, 3 ⅔ meters, 2 ⅙ meters, how long will the excess wire fencing material be?
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