SOLUTION: Simplify 3 1/8 - 2 3/20

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Question 75617: Simplify 3 1/8 - 2 3/20
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First convert fractions to improper fractions:

Now we need to get the common denominator (which is 40)




So in other words 3 and 1/8 minus 2 and 3/20 reduces to

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