Math, asked by asmeetkaur, 1 year ago

1. What should be added to -2/3 to get -5/-8​

Answers

Answered by warylucknow
1

Answer:

The number that should be added is \frac{31}{24}.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number x be added to -\frac{2}{3} to get \frac{5}{8}.

Compute the value of x as follows:

-\frac{2}{3}+x=\frac{5}{8}\\x=\frac{5}{8}+\frac{2}{3}\\=\frac{15+16}{24} \\=\frac{31}{24}

Thus, the number that should be added is \frac{31}{24}.

Answered by priyataruna
1

Answer:

let x be the unknown value

 \frac{ - 2}{3}  +  \: x \:  =  \frac{ - 5}{ - 8}

x =  \frac{ - 5}{ - 8}  +  \frac{2}{3}

cross multiplication

x =  \frac{ - 15 - 16}{ -24}

x =   - \frac{ - 31}{ - 24}

cancelling -

x =31/24

hope it helps u

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