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3/4 - 2/5=

three fourths minus two fifths ?

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The answer would be 7/20
User Freidrichen
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The first thing you have to do is make both have common denominators.

Turn 3/4 into 15/20 and turn 2/5 into 8/20

Then the equation becomes 15/20 - 8/20 = 7/20

And 7/20 is your final answer
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