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I'm having trouble with Khan Academy and this question is hard.

-5/8 +(-8/5)

please help

User Fred Lackey
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Rules for these questions

- and - is equal to +

+ and - is equal to -

According to these rules, we have a + and - so we change it to a -

The new equation is

-5/8-8/5

Which is equal to

-25/40-64/40=89/40.

You may simplify it

I hope this helps, if it's wrong blame me..

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