Question

how do you get the answer 13/420 from
13/126-13/180?

Answer 1

its a bit tricky but you can get that by giving them a common denominator then simplifying the operation.

first to set them to a common denominator, multiply each by the others denominator

13/126 * 180/180 = 2340/22680

12/180 * 126/126 = 1512/22680

Note that both 180/180 and 126/126 reduce to 1 so you arent actually changing the math.

Then just perform the subtraction as normal

2340/22680-1512/22680 = 702/22680

This looks really ugly but if you simplify it by dividing out common factors (you can divide each by 54)

you end up with 13/420

Answer 2

awesome! thank you so much :) @LifeEngineer