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1/2 - 2/11 subtracting with unlike denominators

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Subtract 1/2 - 2/11;


\begin{gathered} (1)/(2)-(2)/(11) \\ \text{The first step is to take the LCM of both denominators} \\ \text{The lowest common multiple of 2 and 11 is 22} \\ \text{Therefore, we now have,} \\ (11)/(22)-(4)/(22) \\ =(11-4)/(22) \\ =(7)/(22) \end{gathered}

The answer is 7/22

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