SOLUTION: Hello Tutors,
In class today (pre algebra) teacher wrote on board 3 2/3 - 2 3/4 I know the answer is 11/12 but how did he get there...he wrote 44/12 - 33/12 to get 11/12 but
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Question 991447: Hello Tutors,
In class today (pre algebra) teacher wrote on board 3 2/3 - 2 3/4 I know the answer is 11/12 but how did he get there...he wrote 44/12 - 33/12 to get 11/12 but how did he get 44 and 33?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
and are mixed numbers and, to subtract them, we convert both into improper fractions
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to subtract we need find common denominator for and and it is
so,
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