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OpenStudy (anonymous):

-15/16 - (-3/8) =

OpenStudy (anonymous):

answer=-0.5625

OpenStudy (anonymous):

HOW DID YOU GET THE ANSWER

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you dived -3/8 then you dived -15/16 and then subtract it and you get -0.5625

OpenStudy (anonymous):

THEN YOU HVE TO MULTIPLY

OpenStudy (anonymous):

MY ANSWER KEY SAYS -9/36

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Lets do it in fractions since thats what your book wants

OpenStudy (anonymous):

distribute the negative sign first. I don't like double negatives -15/16 + 3/8

OpenStudy (anonymous):

We nee a common denominator in order to add them -15/16 + 6/16

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-9/16

OpenStudy (anonymous):

That is the correct answer no doubt about it. Either you mistyped it above or the book is wrong

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