SOLUTION: this fraction is read 3 and one-half minus 1 it is in quotation marks and then the division symbol beside the quotation mark with a fraction one and three fifths. May you please h

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Question 125806: this fraction is read 3 and one-half minus 1 it is in quotation marks and then the division symbol beside the quotation mark with a fraction one and three fifths. May you please help me on this problem?
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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(3 1.2-1)/(1 3/5)
THE BEST WAY TO SOLVE THIS TYPR OF FRACTIONAL PROBLEM IS TO CHANGE THE FRACTIONS TO DECIMALS.
(3.5-1)/1.6
2.5/1.6=1.5625 OR CONVERTING BACK TO DECIMAL 1 9/16.