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How can you reduce 3/4-2/3

User Jhchen
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Multiply 4 and 3 to grt 12. 12 id the denominator for both and then multiply
User Olexiy  Pyvovarov
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looking common minimum denominator
for 4 and 3 is 12
multiply first fraction by 3 so we have
(3)/(4)= (3*3)/(4*3)= (9)/(12)
multiply second fraction by 4 so we have
(2)/(3)= (2*4)/(3*4)= (8)/(12)
and now just add both fraction
(9)/(12)+ (8)/(12)= (17)/(12)=1 (5)/(12)

User Grant Miller
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