Each time you are subtracting 1/9 to get the next term
For example, going from term 2 to term 3 is a difference of -1/9
(1 8/9) - (1/9) = 1 7/9
which is why the answer is choice A
According to Vieta's Formulas, if

are solutions of a given quadratic equation:
Then:
is the completely factored form of

.
If choose

, then:

So, according to Vieta's formula, we can get:

But

:
The answer would be true.
12-8 is 4 and 3/4 is 75% if that is what youre asking but specify