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421 3/50 - 212 9/10 =

User Vfn
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The easiest way to go about this is to change the fractions into decimals.
3/50 = 0.6
9/10 = 0.9
Then you would just subtract the values.
421.6 - 212.9 = 208.7
Hope this helps!
User Kunwar
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Answer:

421 3/50 - 212 9/10 = 208.16 or 5204/25

Explanation:

To solve the expressions you could change the values into an improper fraction to solve easily

421 3/50 - 212 9/10 =

421 3/50 = 421 × 50 + 3 / 50 = 21053/50

212 9/10 = 212 × 10 + 9 / 10 = 2129/10

subtract the fractions as follows

21053/50 - 2129/10 =

common factor of the denominator is 50

21053 - 10645 / 50 =

subtract 10645 from 21053

10408/50 = 5204/25 in fraction or 208.16 in decimal

User Alaoui Ghita
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