Question

Find the sum.

Answer 1

\[7\frac{ 3 }{ 4 } + ( -8 \frac{ 1 }{ 2 })\]

Answer 2

Can someone show me step by step how to do this? I'd appreciate it..

Answer 3

@rizwan_uet do you know how to do this

Answer 4

the question is not in proper format

Answer 5

Why's that?

Answer 6

there are alot of brackets and slashes i cant figure out the exact problem

Answer 7

@rizwan_uet it's #5

Answer 8

for the first fraction multiply 4 with 7 and 3 to it

for second fraction mutiply 8 with 2 and add 1 to it

thus we get

31/4 + (-17/2)

can you do it further??

Answer 9

You transformed them into improper fractions... I'm honestly not sure why /.\ but do I have to find a common denominator or something before I can add them?

Answer 10

4 is for the coomon denmnator

Answer 11

yes 4 is the common denominator

Answer 12

Would that be 31/4 + (-34/4)

Answer 13

yup

Answer 14

What do I do afterwards? Is the answer -3/4

Answer 15

yuu got it!

Answer 16

Oooh thank you both...