A recipe needs 3/4 teaspoon black pepper and 1/4 red pepper. How much more black pepper is needed than red pepper for this recipe?

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AZ · Answer

Can you subtract fractions?

3/4 - 1/4

TETSXPREMEE · Answer

whats higher

jesternmais · Answer

yea I can I jus want to know if I got it right

AZ · Answer

Remember when we subtract fractions, we need to have the same denominator
(which we do in this question)

$\dfrac{a}{c} - \dfrac{b}{c} = \dfrac{a-b}{c}$

AZ · Answer

$\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}$ @jesternmais
yea I can I jus want to know if I got it right
$\color{#0cbb34}{\text{End of Quote}}$

Yeah, we can check for you. What did you get?

jesternmais · Answer

1/2

AZ · Answer

And that's correct!

jesternmais · Answer

My teacher says after you do the sum with the numerator you should put it in its lowest form and that will be your answer

AZ · Answer

And she's correct and you did put it in its lowest form!

jesternmais · Answer

oh thanks

AZ · Answer

You're welcome!