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An amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, offers 17 amazing roller coasters for visitors to ride. One of the roller coasters runs at 60 miles per hour and has 3,900 feet of twisting track. This coaster also has 3 trains with 8 rows per train. Riders stand in rows of 4, for a total of 32 riders per train.

The operators of the coaster recorded the number of riders on each train during a run. On the first train, the operators reported that \(7\frac{1}{4}\) rows were filled. On the second train, all 8 rows were filled, and on the third train, \(5\frac{1}{2}\) rows were filled. How many more rows were filled on the first train than on the third train?

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