How do you simplify $5/6-2/3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-25T11:05:29

You have to perform the subtraction

Observe that 6 is a common denominator for both fractions, so the subtraction may be written as:

$5/6-4/6=1/6$ , and that's the answer

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