SOLUTION: -5/8-6/-5

Question 295092: -5/8-6/-5

Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
The key to adding or subtracting fractions is having the same denominator.
This -5/8-6/-5 we'll set up the denominator to be 40 so it will look like this:
-25/40+48/40 will give us: (hint: 2 negatives gives us a positive)
23/40
Make sense?
RJ
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