Question

help solve please 29 and 7/15 - 16 and 5/9

Answer 1

29 7/15
-16 5/9
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13 and some fraction. The fractions are 7/15-5/9

Answer 2

Find the lowest common denominator for both 15 and 9. In this case I would start with 15 and go up in multiples until I found a value that contains 9 as a factor.
15 no, 30 no, 45 Bingo.

Answer 3

45 is the LCD (Lowest Common Denominator. Convert the fractions to an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 45.

7/15 = 21/45
5/9 = 25/45

Did you follow that procedure with understanding?

Answer 4

Back to the problem. We are to subtract 25/45 from 21/45 we are going to get a negative results. No problem, that is ok!!!
21/45-25/45=-4/45 Now are solution is 13 -4/45. To express this with an answer with a single sign we combine and get an answer of:

12 41/45

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

thanks so much that helped alot

Answer 7

Great, did you follow the 13 -4/45 becoming 12 41/45 ??

Answer 8

13=12 45/45
-4/45
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12 41/45

Answer 9

Just in case!

Answer 10

yeah can you help me with this one its 4/2.4 = 6/x

Answer 11

Is that decimal supposed to be in the denominator?

Answer 12

yeah

Answer 13

Ok Cross multiply getting
4x=(6)(2.4)

Answer 14

x=(6)(2.4)/6

Answer 15

You can solve. I gotta run. Birthday part for great grand daughter.

Answer 16

ok thanks have fun

Answer 17

I made a typo should be x=(6)(2.4)/4