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What is 7/8- 5/8?
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What is 7/8- 5/8? Answer-example-1
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It will be 1/4! Because you need to reduce it
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Answer:

1/4

Explanation:

Since the denominatior is the same, we can look at only the numerator. So 7/8 - 5/8 is basically 7 - 5 which is 2.

The denominator doesn't change so it's 2/8. We can further simplify this into 1/4.

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