How do you simplify $5/6-1/8div1/2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-20T07:47:58

$7/12$

There are 2 terms, separated by the minus sign. Each term must simplify to a single answer before you can subtract, so do the division first:

$color(blue)(5/6) color(red)(-1/8 div1/2)$

$color(blue)(5/6) color(red)(-1/8 xx 2/1)" "larr$ multiply by the reciprocal

$color(blue)(5/6) color(red)(-1/4)" "larr$ now find a common denominator

$(10-3)/12 " "larr"$ make equivalent fractions

$7/12$

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