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What is 3/5 minus 5/11

User Bobface
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Answer:

8/55

Explanation:

The first thing you need to do is find a common denomintor.

The first denominator is 5, the other is 11.

If you multiply these together, you will get 55. This can not be reduced and still be divisable by 5 and 11, so this is your new denominator.

So for the 3/5 multiply both top and bottom by 11, since thats how many times bigger the denominatir needs to be:

3*11/5*11= 33/55

Then for 5/11 multiply both top and bottom by 5, since thats how many times bigger the denomator is to make 55:

5*5/11*5=25/55

Now we have:

33/55-25/55

When subtracting fractions, you are only subtracting the two numerators, and the denominators are unaffected:

33-25/55=8/55

So 8/55 is your answer.

Hope this helps!

User CaffeinatedMike
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Answer:

0.14545454545 Maybe

Explanation:

User Lukas Knuth
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