I'm having problems solving this Two splice plates are cut from a piece of sheet steel that has an overall length of 17 and three fourths 1 7 3 4 in....

I'm having problems solving this Two splice plates are cut from a piece of sheet steel that has an overall length of 17 and three fourths1734 in. The plates are 9 and three eighths938 in. and 6 StartFraction 15 Over 16 EndFraction61516 in. long. How much material remains from the original piece if each saw cut removes one sixteenth116 in.?