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Answer 1

Answer:

8 1/2-3 5/8

17/2-29/8

LCM of 2 and 8 is 8

17×4/2×4-29/8

68/8-29/8

68-29/8

39/8

Answer 2

Answer:

$\frac{39}{8}$

Step-by-step explanation:

since we know that

$c \frac{a}{b} = \frac{(c \times b )+ a}{b}$

we can write this as follow

$8 \frac{1}{2} = \frac{(8\times 2 )+ 1}{2} = \frac{17}{2}$

$3\frac{5}{8} = \frac{(8\times 3 )+ 5}{2} = \frac{29}{8}$

now,

$8 \frac{1}{2} - 3 \frac{5}{8} = \frac{17}{2} - \frac{29}{8} = \frac{17 \times 4 - 29 \times 1}{8} = \frac{68 - 29}{8} = \frac{39}{8}$