Question

1. Subtract and reduce to lowest terms: 3 5/6 - 2 3/4

Answer 1

`3(5)/(6)-2(3)/(4)`

we need to convert all to fractions

`(23)/(6)-(11)/(4)`

then we need to have the same denominiator, the common factor between 6 and 4 is 12

`(46)/(12)-(33)/(12)=(13)/(12)`

the result is 13/12