Question

Subtract: 17/20 - 3/4. Reduce to lowest terms.
2/20
1 3/5
None of these is correct.
1/10

Answer 1

@MrMudd183

Answer 2

what do you think the first step to do is?

Answer 3

x and multiply

Answer 4

what I would do is find a common denominator

Answer 5

time the top

Answer 6

for these you don't have to multiply the top or bottom by each other

Answer 7

what do you think you need to multiply 3/4 by to get the denominator to 20?

Answer 8

IDK

Answer 9

C

Answer 10

so what you would do is multiply 3/4 by 5 to get 15/20

after that you subtract 17/20 and 15/20 to get 2/20, which can be simplified

Answer 11

IDK

Answer 12

2/20 simplified would become 1/10, so that would be the answer choice correct?

Answer 13

so D

Answer 14

To subtract fractions, find the LCD and then combine. Exact Form: 1/10

Answer 15

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so D
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yes, do you understand why?

Answer 16

correct

Answer 17

ya i get it kinda

Answer 18

Ok

Answer 19

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @hiiiihiiiiiiiiii
ya i get it kinda
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okay, if you need any more help on it just LMK