subtract!
3/-5 - 9/4

Question

subtract!
3/-5  - 9/4

sammixboo · Answer

Yeah I can help you on this. Hold on a second ppllleeaassee >:)

anonymous · Answer

no problem...i love how you keep putting smileys XD

anonymous · Answer

$$\frac{ 3 }{ -5 }-\frac{ 9 }{ 4 }$$

anonymous · Answer

thats what it looks like

anonymous · Answer

@sammixboo r you there??

sammixboo · Answer

BACK omg my internet went down. I was just fixing to post the problem step by step, but my internet went bye bye lmao. But what I got was -2 17/20 $\sf\large($$\large\sf\color{magenta}{-2\frac{17}{20}}$$\sf\large)$

anonymous · Answer

thats the answer??

sammixboo · Answer

Yeppers :D

anonymous · Answer

okkk lemmie check..dont move!

anonymous · Answer

its right! :D can i ask one more??

sammixboo · Answer

See you can count all the negative signs. Once you are done counting (Don't include the subtracting sign) and if the number of negative signs is odd, then the answer will be negative. If the number of negative signs is even, then your answer is positive. Easy tip I learned that helped.

sammixboo · Answer

And yeah. Go ahead.

anonymous · Answer

$$\frac{ 2 }{ -5}+\frac{ -3 }{ 8 }$$

sammixboo · Answer

Will the answer be positive or negative? (Use the hint I gave you above)

anonymous · Answer

it will beee...i think positive since two negatives make a positive

sammixboo · Answer

Hold on a second this problem is different with that rule

anonymous · Answer

oh ok

anonymous · Answer

are you alive?? lmao

sammixboo · Answer

Okay I figured it out. I just confused myself. The hint I gave you does work with this lmao. Sorry for the confusion. I was doing the problem wrong. But here is my steps:

$\sf\huge\color{magenta}{\frac{2}{-5}}$ $\large -$ $\sf\huge\color{magenta}{\frac{-3}{8}}$

The common denominator is 40 so we must multiply $\sf\large\color{magenta}{\frac{2}{-5}}$ by 8, and multiply $\sf\large \color{magenta}{\frac{-3}{8}}$ by 5

$\sf\huge\color{magenta}{\frac{2x8}{-5x8}}$ $\large -$ $\sf\huge\color{magenta}{\frac{-3x5}{8x5}}$

$\sf\huge\color{magenta}{\frac{-16}{40}}$ $\large -$ $\sf\huge\color{magenta}{\frac{-15}{40}}$

$\sf\huge\color{magenta}{\frac{-31}{40}}$ 


(SORRY IF THIS IS TAKING FOREVER TO LOAD)

sammixboo · Answer

The subtraction sign is supposed to be an addition sign o.o Sorry I just woke up

anonymous · Answer

can that be simplified any further and its ok no judgement here

sammixboo · Answer

Nope. It cannot be simplified any further

anonymous · Answer

ok lemmie check it :)

sammixboo · Answer

Because only 1 and -31 can go into -31

sammixboo · Answer

Okay tyt