Question

10⅓ + 8⅝ - 12 7/16
simplify

Step by step explanation
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Answer 1

Answer:

6 and 25/48

Step-by-step explanation:

First you need to make a common denominator by doing 3 x 8 x 16 which is 384

3 x 128 = 384

16 x 24 = 384

8 x 48 = 384

We now need to make the numerator match this.

1 x 128 = 128

5 x 48 = 240

7 x 24 = 168

Our fractions are now:

128/384

240/384

168/384

Now lets do the math for the whole numbers.

10 + 8 = 18

18 - 12 = 6

Now lets do the fraction math.

128 + 240 = 368

368 - 168 = 200

Our number is now six and two hundred three eighty fourths.

Because 200 and 384 are both non-prime numbers, and they share multiples so we need to simplify this.

we can simplify this to 25/48 because 384 / 8 = 48 and 200 / 8 = 25

The final answer is six and twenty-five fourty-eighths