What is 4 and 3/4 - 1 and 1/3? The answer is one of these: 2 and 2/7, 2 and 2/12, 3 and 5/12, or 3 and 5/7

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Answer:

3 and 5/12

Explanation:

$4 (3)/(4) = (19)/(4)\\ \\1(1)/(3) = (4)/(3)$

$(19)/(4) - (4)/(3) \\\\(19(3) - 4(4))/(12) \\\\(57 - 16)/(12) \\\\(41)/(12) \\$

This fraction is equivalent to,

3 and 5/12 = 3(5)/(12) = (12*3 + 5)/(12) = (41)/(12)

Feiyu Zhou answered Oct 14, 2022

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