Question

7/8 - 2/3  .Answer using a reduced fraction...

Answer 1

Your answer would be 5/24. What you do is find the lowest common multiple (lcm) of both numbers that are alike. This is so you can be able to perform the subtraction. The lowest common multiple of 8 and 3 is 24. Now once you have the lowest common multiple you will find the fraction that is equal to both 7/8 and 2/3. 7/8 is equal to 21/24 and 2/3 is equal to 16/24. You may have caught on by now to what is going on. Here is the final step which is subtract the numbers. 21/24-16/24= 5/24. This fraction cannot be reduced anymore.


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