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explain the steps needed to determine the value of the expression below. be sure to provide the correct value of the expression in your explanation. "-3/8/9/16" + ( "-1/8)"

explain the steps needed to determine the value of the expression below. be sure to-example-1
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What the person said above me
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Since - 3/8 is in the numerator and 9/16 is in the denominator, we will add -1 to -3/8, and then add 8 to 9/16. This gets us -11/8 in the numerator, and 137/16 in the denominator. We then put these together as a fraction and get -11/8/137/16, or if it needs it in mixed numbers, it's -1 3/8 / 8 9/16

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