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Add [1/-4 3/5] [-2/6 -2/4]

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Answer:

​25/138

Explanation:

1 Convert 4\frac{3}{5}4

​5

​3

​​ to improper fraction. Use this rule: a \frac{b}{c}=\frac{ac+b}{c}a

​c

​b

​​ =

​c

​ac+b

​​ .

\frac{1}{-(\frac{4\times 5+3}{5})}(-\frac{2}{6}-\frac{2}{4})

​−(

​5

​4×5+3

​​ )

​1

​​ (−

​6

​2

​​ −

​4

​2

​​ )

2 Simplify 4\times 54×5 to 2020.

\frac{1}{-(\frac{20+3}{5})}(-\frac{2}{6}-\frac{2}{4})

​−(

​5

​20+3

​​ )

​1

​​ (−

​6

​2

​​ −

​4

​2

​​ )

3 Simplify 20+320+3 to 2323.

\frac{1}{-(\frac{23}{5})}(-\frac{2}{6}-\frac{2}{4})

​−(

​5

​23

​​ )

​1

​​ (−

​6

​2

​​ −

​4

​2

​​ )

4 Simplify \frac{2}{6}

​6

​2

​​ to \frac{1}{3}

​3

​1

​​ .

\frac{1}{-(\frac{23}{5})}(-\frac{1}{3}-\frac{2}{4})

​−(

​5

​23

​​ )

​1

​​ (−

​3

​1

​​ −

​4

​2

​​ )

5 Simplify \frac{2}{4}

​4

​2

​​ to \frac{1}{2}

​2

​1

​​ .

\frac{1}{-(\frac{23}{5})}(-\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{2})

​−(

​5

​23

​​ )

​1

​​ (−

​3

​1

​​ −

​2

​1

​​ )

6 Find the Least Common Denominator (LCD) of \frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{2}

​3

​1

​​ ,

​2

​1

​​ . In other words, find the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of 3,23,2.

LCD = 66

7 Make the denominators the same as the LCD.

-\frac{1\times 2}{3\times 2}-\frac{1\times 3}{2\times 3}−

​3×2

​1×2

​​ −

​2×3

​1×3

​​

8 Simplify. Denominators are now the same.

-\frac{2}{6}-\frac{3}{6}−

​6

​2

​​ −

​6

​3

​​

9 Join the denominators.

\frac{-2-3}{6}

​6

​−2−3

​​

10 Simplify -\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{2}−

​3

​1

​​ −

​2

​1

​​ to -\frac{5}{6}−

​6

​5

​​ .

\frac{1}{-(\frac{23}{5})}\times \frac{-5}{6}

​−(

​5

​23

​​ )

​1

​​ ×

​6

​−5

​​

11 Move the negative sign to the left.

-\frac{1}{\frac{23}{5}}\times \frac{-5}{6}−

​5

​23

​​

​1

​​ ×

​6

​−5

​​

12 Invert and multiply.

-\frac{5}{23}\times \frac{-5}{6}−

​23

​5

​​ ×

​6

​−5

​​

13 Use this rule: \frac{a}{b} \times \frac{c}{d}=\frac{ac}{bd}

​b

​a

​​ ×

​d

​c

​​ =

​bd

​ac

​​ .

-\frac{5\times -5}{23\times 6}−

​23×6

​5×−5

​​

14 Simplify 5\times -55×−5 to -25−25.

-\frac{-25}{23\times 6}−

​23×6

​−25

​​

15 Simplify 23\times 623×6 to 138138.

-\frac{-25}{138}−

​138

​−25

​​

16 Move the negative sign to the left.

-(-\frac{25}{138})−(−

​138

​25

​​ )

17 Remove parentheses.

\frac{25}{138}

​138

​25

​​

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