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Subtraction with renaming 9 3/8 - 8 7/8
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Converting 9 3/8 to an improper fraction is 75/8. Converting 8 7/8 to an improper fraction is 71/8. Subtracting these, we get 75/8 - 71/8 = 4/8 = 1/2.
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