How do you simplify #5/8 -: 3/4#?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-12T06:53:27

#5/6#
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Use the reciprocal rule #\ \ a/b \div c/d\ \ # #" " \Rightarrow" "##a/b\times d/c\ \ #, to solve the problem.

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#5/8\div 3/4#

#=5/8 \times 4/3#

Cancel out the common term #4# from the numerator and denominator to get:

#=5/2\times 1/3#

#=5/6#

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That's it!