How do you evaluate: One minus a negative one-third?

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How do you evaluate: One minus a negative one-third?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-20T23:08:01

$1 - (- \frac{1}{3}) = \frac{4}{3}$ $1 - (-1/3) = 4/3$

Explanation:

Subtracting a negative quantity is the same as adding the corresponding positive quantity.

So:

$1 - (- \frac{1}{3}) = 1 + \frac{1}{3} = \frac{4}{3}$ $1 - (-1/3) = 1+1/3 = 4/3$

Answer 2 · 2017-02-20T23:08:39

Writing this in mathematical terms gives the expression:

$1 - (- \frac{1}{3})$ $1 - (-1/3)$

To solve, we first need to make the $1$ $1$ a fraction by multiplying by the appropriate form of $1$ $1$ so it has the same denominator as the fraction:

$(\frac{3}{3} \times 1) - (- \frac{1}{3}) \to$ $(3/3 xx 1) - (-1/3) ->$

$\frac{3}{3} - (- \frac{1}{3})$ $3/3 - (-1/3)$

Knowing minus a minus is a plus we can rewrite this as:

$\frac{3}{3} + \frac{1}{3}$ $3/3 + 1/3$

Now we can solve by adding the numerators over the common denominator:

$\frac{3 + 1}{3}$ $(3 + 1)/3$

$\frac{4}{3}$ $4/3$

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