SOLUTION: Find The Sum or Difference. 23. 5/8 - 3/4 Any help with this equation would be <b>GREATLY</b> appreciated.

Question 110742: Find The Sum or Difference.
23. 5/8 - 3/4
Any help with this equation would be GREATLY appreciated.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Solved by pluggable solver: Fractions Solver

Start with the given expression

In order to subtract these two fractions, these fractions need to have a common denominator.

In order to do that, we simply find that the LCM of 8 and 4 is 8 (note: if you need help with finding the LCM, check out this solver)

Now we need to get each denominator to 8

Multiply by

Multiply and to get

Since both fractions have a common denominator of 8, we can now combine the fractions

Combine the fractions

Subtract the numerators

So

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