SOLUTION: There is a circle divided into 3 parts, one part is 3/4, one part is 1/3 and we are asked to find what the remaining fractional part would be. I know how to add and subtract fract

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: There is a circle divided into 3 parts, one part is 3/4, one part is 1/3 and we are asked to find what the remaining fractional part would be. I know how to add and subtract fractions, but I am unclear as to add or subtract these two numbers to get my answer. This question is from textbook Intermediate Algebra

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And you are unclear with very good reason. If you add and you get a sum greater than one, namely , so there is less than nothing left for the alleged third piece of your circle.



Sort of the way our Government does arithmetic, except they use bigger numbers and it is real money.


John