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Hello,
\n" ); document.write( "The key to adding or subtracting fractions is having the same denominator.
\n" ); document.write( "This -5/8-6/-5 we'll set up the denominator to be 40 so it will look like this:
\n" ); document.write( "-25/40+48/40 will give us: (hint: 2 negatives gives us a positive)
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\n" ); document.write( "Make sense?
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