Question

What is the answer for 5/8-1/6

Answer 1

Answer:

5/8-1/6=11/24

Step-by-step explanation:

The prime factorization of the denominators:

8 = 23

6 = 2 × 3

Multiply all the unique prime factors, by the largest exponents:

LCM (8; 6) = 23 × 3 = 24

Divide LCM by the numerator of each fraction.

For fraction: 5/8 is 24 ÷ 8 = (23 × 3) ÷ 23 = 3

For fraction: - 1/6 is 24 ÷ 6 = (23 × 3) ÷ (2 × 3) = 4

5/8 - 1/6 =

(3 × 5)/(3 × 8) - (4 × 1)/(4 × 6) =

15/24 - 4/24 =

(15 - 4)/24 =

11/24

Answer 2

$\frac{5}{8} - \frac{1}{6}$

$➠ \frac{15 - 4}{24} [ LCM of 8 and 6 is 24] \\\ ➠ \frac{11}{24}$

Therefore, The answer is 11/24