Question

someone explain to me how -1/2 + (-1/4) = -3/4

Answer 1

Find the common denominator, which would be 4. \[-\frac{ 1 }{ 2 } + (- \frac{ 1 }{ 4 } )\]
Once you do you would get

-2/4 + -1/4

Simply add the numerators together, and take care of your sign!

Answer 2

Sorry for not having the the second equation done vertically, OpenStudy started to glitch on me

Answer 3

oh okay that makes alot of sense :)

Answer 4

its okay and yeah i know what you mean

Answer 5

Okay, cool, if you ever need any more help, feel free to ask me!

Answer 6

okay thank you :)