Question

What is the sum?
7/3+(-3/8)
((The subtraction symbol is supposed to be for the entirety of 3/8, not just 3, to clarify. The two answers below, C and D, are negative fractions as well))

A. 65/24
B. 47/24
C. -4/5
D. -5/4

Answer 1

\[\large \frac{7}{3}~+~(-\frac{3}{8})~?\]

Answer 2

That is what it looks like right?

Answer 3

Yup, that's the one. How on earth do you- oh is that on the "equation" tab at the bottom? Ahhaha... I'm slow.
Yes that's what I mean.

Answer 4

Nah, I wrote it out using latex.

Answer 5

what's what?

Answer 6

But anyways, \[\large +(-x)~=~-x\] so \[\large +(-\frac{3}{8})~=~-\frac{3}{8}\] and btw, if you want to learn latex check out http://openstudy.com/study#/groups/LaTeX%20Practicing!%20%3A)

Answer 7

I.. Still don't quite understand this.

I will learn this latex business though.

Answer 8

What I'm trying to say is \[\large (\frac{7}{3}~+~(-\frac{3}{8}))~=~(\frac{7}{3}~-~\frac{3}{8})\]

Answer 9

So the next step is to get the a common denominator. Know how to do that?

Answer 10

Oh yeah, I can do that. But with this problem it's kinda difficult for me and I don't know how to apply it.

Answer 11

nevermind I got it it's 47/24