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What is 7/8-5/6 in simplist for

User Theta
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(7)/(8)- (5)/(6)= (1)/(24)
1/24 is already in simplest form.
Hope I helped!


User Sdoxsee
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(7)/(8) - (5)/(6)

So we need to find a common denominator, or else we can't do anything with these fractions.

We cross multiply;

=
(7*6)/(8*6) - (5*8)/(6*8)

=
(42)/(48) - (40)/(48)

=
(2)/(48)

=
(1)/(24)


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