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-6,4/9 - 3 2/9 - 8 2/9 = what does that equal to

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To answer this question, the easier way is to make each of the mixed fractions expressed as improper fractions

Thus, we have 6 4/9 written as 58/9 ( we shall be extending this to the other fractions too; the key is to multiply the denominator by the whole number, then add the numerator)

3 2/9 would be expressed as 29/9

and finally 8 2/9 would be expressed as 74/9

So, we can rewrite the question as follows;

-58/9 - 29/9 - 74/9

We can see all have same denominator;

Thus, we can proceed to summing all the numerators.

We have;

(-58-29-74)/9 = -161/9

We then proceed to turn this to an improper fraction too;

Kindly find the nearest multiple of 9 less than 161, then subtract the value from 161;

That would be 153 and we are left with a difference of 8

So our final mixed fraction would be -17 8/9

Hence; -6,4/9 - 3 2/9 - 8 2/9 = -17 8/9

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