SOLUTION: please help solve this 6 1/4 - (-3 3/4)=

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Question 798455: please help solve this 6 1/4 - (-3 3/4)=
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Note that +-%28-x%29+=+x+ no matter what +x+ is, so
6 1/4 -( -3 3/4 ) = 6 1/4 + 3 3/4
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Add the fractions:
1/4 + 3/4 = 1
Add the whole numbers
6 + 3 = 9
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1 + 9 = 10