Question

2-1/2 cups water minus 1-2/3 cups water =

Answer 1

The difference between the mixed numbers is equal to 5/6.

How to perform the subtraction between the two mixed numbers?

A mixed number is a number that is written as a whole number plus an improper fraction, here we want to compute:

(2 + 1/2) - (1 + 2/3)

We can group the whole numbers and the fractions, so we get:

(2 - 1) + (1/2 - 2/3)

Now we can simplify this so we get:

(2 - 1) + (1/2 - 2/3)

= 1 + (3/6 - 4/6) = 1 - 1/6 = 6/6 - 1/6 = 5/6

We conclude that the difference between the mixed numbers is equal to 5/6.

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