SOLUTION: 2 1/3{4/3-2/5(3/4+3/7)} Can anyone help me solve this one.

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Question 11485: 2 1/3{4/3-2/5(3/4+3/7)}
Can anyone help me solve this one.

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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Simplify: 2 1/3(4/3 - 2/5(3/4 + 3/7)) Start at the innermost parentheses. The common denominator is 28.
2 1/3(4/3 - 2/5(21/28 + 12/28))
2 1/3(4/3 - 2/5(33/28)) Now do the distributive property on the inside parentheses.
2 1/3(4/3 - 66/140) Now subtract the fractions inside the parentheses. The common denominator is 420.
2 1/3(560/420 - 198/420)
2 /13(362/420) Change 2 1/3 to 7/3 and multiply.
7/3(362/420}
2534/1260 Simplify.
1277/630