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-1/3 + -3/8 | pls include instructions/step by step! thx!

User Magtak
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-1/3 + -3/8

denominator: -1/3 * 8

-3/8 * 3

<=> -8/24 + - 9/24

<=> (-8 + -9)/24

= -17/24

User Dekio
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\\ \sf\longmapsto (-1)/(3)+((-3)/(8))

  • Take lcm


\\ \sf\longmapsto (-8+(-9))/(24)


\\ \sf\longmapsto (-8-9)/(24)


\\ \sf\longmapsto (-17)/(24)

User Positivew
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