Elijah needed to dig a row along a fence that was 5 feet long. he was able to dig all but 42 inches of the row before dark how many inches was he able to dig before dark

Mrs. avila is buying a wallpaper border to go on all of her kitchen walls. she wants to buy 5 extra feet of wallpaper border than she needs to be sure she has enough. she buys 55.5 feet of the border. the store owner selling the border uses the width of mrs. avila's kitchen to determine that the length of her kitchen must be 14.5 feet.