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What is a negative five and one firth minus two thirds?

 Oct 27, 2014

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(-5 1/5) - (2/3)

=  (-26/5) - (2/3)                      Rewrite -5 1/5 as a common fraction.

=  (-26/5)(3/3) - (2/3)(5/5)       The common denominator is 15.

=  -78/15 - 10/15

=  -88/15 

 Oct 27, 2014
 #1
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+5
Best Answer

(-5 1/5) - (2/3)

=  (-26/5) - (2/3)                      Rewrite -5 1/5 as a common fraction.

=  (-26/5)(3/3) - (2/3)(5/5)       The common denominator is 15.

=  -78/15 - 10/15

=  -88/15 

geno3141 Oct 27, 2014

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