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What is -2/3 - (-1/2)

What is -2/3 - (-1/2)-example-1

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-0.16666666666

User John Colanduoni
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Answer: -1/6

Step-by-step explanation: Start by changing the minus a negative

to plus a positive, so we have -2/3 + 1/2.

Since our denominators of 3 and 2 have no factors in common,

our least common denominator is 3 · 2 or 6.

In order to get a denominator of 6 in each fraction,

we multiply top and bottom of the first fraction by 2

and top and bottom of the second fraction by 3.

That gives us -4/6 + 3/6 which simplifies to -1/6.

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