SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem: 1/2 + (2/3 + 3/4) - (4/5 * 5/6)=?
This is as far as I got:
2/3= (2/3)(4/4)= 8/12
3/4= (3/4)(3/3)= 9/12
?= 17/12
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Question 617338: Please help me solve this problem: 1/2 + (2/3 + 3/4) - (4/5 * 5/6)=?
This is as far as I got:
2/3= (2/3)(4/4)= 8/12
3/4= (3/4)(3/3)= 9/12
?= 17/12
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Good, so 2/3 + 3/4 = 17/12 (the terms that change are in blue and change to what's shown in green)
1/2 + (2/3 + 3/4) - (4/5 * 5/6)
1/2 + 17/12 - (4/5 * 5/6)
Now keep going...
1/2 + 17/12 - 20/30
1/2 + 17/12 - 2/3
6/12 + 17/12 - 8/12
(6+17-8)/12
15/12
5/4
So 1/2 + (2/3 + 3/4) - (4/5 * 5/6) = 5/4
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