SOLUTION: How to simplify: - 1/2 + 3/8 + (-6) + 3/4

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Question 99393: How to simplify: - 1/2 + 3/8 + (-6) + 3/4
Answer by edjones(7311) About Me  (Show Source):
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- 1/2 + 3/8 + (-6) + 3/4
get rid of parenthesis: - 1/2 + 3/8 -6 + 3/4
lcd=8: -4/8+3/8-48/8+6/8=-43/8 or -5 3/8
Ed