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Seventeen twentieths minus three fifths

User Lotfi
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17/20= .85
3/5= .6

.85-.6= .25
User Werthis
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you would first get a common denominator so 3/5 times 4/4, which is 12/20 then you subtract 17/30 from 12/20 and get 0.25 or 1/4
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