Question

A green snake was 8/9 yard long. a garter.A hater

snake is 13/18 yard longer. how much longer is the green snake then the garter

Answer 1

First, we're going to find the LCD, Least Common Denominator, of both fractions.
9- 9, 18, 27, 36.
18- 18, 36, 54, 72.

As you can see, 18 is the LCD of both fractions.

Then we're going to multiply both the fractions to get the denominator the same.

`(8)/(9)` x 2 =
`(16)/(18)`

`(13)/(18)` x 1 =
`(13)/(18)`

*Remember, whatever you do to the top, you do to the bottom.*
**Do not follow the rule above if you are not making the denominators the same.**

Now we're going to subtract
`(16)/(18)` by
`(13)/(18)`

`(16)/(18)` -
`(13)/(18)` =
`(3)/(18)`

Then, we're going to simplify it.

`(3)/(18)` / 3 =
`(1)/(6)`

This is how we get our answer,
`(1)/(6)`

Our final answer is
`(1)/(6)`

Hope this helps!~