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Is -10/7 equivalent to big -3 and 1/7? Why or why not, I need to show -10/7 as a mixed fraction

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Answer: No

Step-by-step explanation:

Since 7 goes into 10 once, we can subtract 7 from 10 and see what the remainder is.

10 - 7 = 3.

Knowing that, our mixed number ("mixed fraction") will look like this:

-1
(3)/(7)

We can now answer the question,

Does -1
(3)/(7) = -3
(1)/(7)?

No, -1
(3)/(7) ≠ -3
(1)/(7).

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