SOLUTION: Please help me answer my homework: 1.) 3/7 - 2/5 / 5/6 + 1/5 2.) 4 - 3/5 / 8/9 + 4/3

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Question 345121: Please help me answer my homework:
1.) 3/7 - 2/5 / 5/6 + 1/5
2.) 4 - 3/5 / 8/9 + 4/3
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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1)
3/7-2/5/5/6+1/5
follow order of operations
3/7-2/5*6/5+1/5
3/7-12/25+1/5
find common denominator
75/125-84/125+25/125
=16/125
2)
4-3/5/8/9+4/3
4/1-3/5*9/8+4/3
4/1-27/40+4/3
480/120-81/120+160/120
=559/120=4 79/120