Question

Simpify the expression -5/8-(-3/8-1/4)

Answer 1

-5/8 - (-3/8 - 1/4) find a common denominator for 1/4 so 2/8

-5/8 - (-3/8 - 2/8)

-3/8 - 2/8 is -5/8 so

-5/8 - (-5/8)

subtracting a negative turns it into adding a positive so

-5/8 + 5/8 = 0

so 0

Answer 2

Wrote it down on paper.