Question

Find the difference of 16/15-8/15

Answer 1

Given :

Find the difference of 16/15-8/15

To find :

The difference of given fraction

Solution :

What are Like and Unlike fractions:

• The fraction with the same denominator is called Like Fractions.
• The fraction with different denominators is called, Unlike fractions.
• We can see both the denominators are the same in the given question, so we can directly subtract 8 from 16.

Subtracting 8/15 from 16/15

$= > \dfrac{16}{15} - \dfrac{8}{15}$

Denominator is 15

$= > \dfrac{16 - 8}{15}$

$= > \dfrac{8}{15}$