Question

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Answer 1

-5/12 - 1/4 + 3/12

To add fractions, they must all have the same denominator.
Change the -1/4 to twelfths:

-1/4 = -3/12 .

So now the problem is

- 5/12 - 3/12 + 3/12

Notice that the -3/12 and the +3/12 knock each other out,
and all you're left with is
- 5/12 .

Answer 2

- 5/12 + ( - 1/4) =

Adding two negatives results in a negative

-1/4 = -3/12

-3/12 + -5/12 = -8/12

-8/12 + 3/12 < Subtract and take the sign of the BIGGER number.

8 - 3 = 5

- 5/12

Answer: - 5/12