SOLUTION: please help me solve this problem: 1/5 - (-2/7). Write in simplest form.

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Question 168453: please help me solve this problem: 1/5 - (-2/7). Write in simplest form.
Answer by eggsarecool(46)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

so the two negatives will give you a positive,
, then use a common denominator
and
so and 17/35 is the simplest form.

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