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Can someone help me on this

-3/5 - 1/2

User Palash Bera
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26 votes

Answer:

1 0.5/5

Explanation:

As an example lets say someone owes you half of 5 (5/2=2.5) dollars, they already owe you 3 dollars so you need to add to the negative number because now they owe you more money. So (5/5 ÷ 2 = 2.5/5) + 3/5= 5.5/5

now since its an improper fraction you are going to make it into a mixed number, 1 0.5/5

I hardly remember subtracting negative numbers, hopefully this helps you understand a bit better.

User Kieren Dixon
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Answer: -11/10

Explanation:

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