Okay, so to find like denominators you need to find a number that both denominators go into. For 15, they both go into 45. 9 goes in 5 times and 15 goes in 3 times. So multiply their numerators by 5 and 3. It would be 25/45 for 5/9 and it would be 12/45 for 4/15. Do the same for 16 and 17, for 16 they both go into 42 and for 17 they both go into 42.
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Add 33 to both sides:


Add 9x to both sides:


Flip the signs (and the symbol)

Divide both sides by 9:


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Find out what x,x,and y is. these are variables. The multiply the number before the variable by the variable. Then add or subtract and you have the answer.
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Hope this works.
let's firstly convert the mixed fraction to improper fraction and then divide.
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