SOLUTION: Simplify: - 2/5 + 4/3=

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Question 982880: Simplify: - 2/5 + 4/3=
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, Alan3354:
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Simplify: - 2/5 + 4/3=
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Looks like an arithmetic problem, not a simplication.
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= 4/3 - 2/5 (that's simplified)
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Find a common denominator. The product of the DEN's always works.
Then subtract.