How do you simplify $\frac{5}{6} - \frac{1}{8} \div \frac{1}{2}$ $5/6-1/8div1/2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-20T07:47:58

$\frac{7}{12}$ $7/12$

There are 2 terms, separated by the minus sign. Each term must simplify to a single answer before you can subtract, so do the division first:

$\frac{5}{6} - \frac{1}{8} \div \frac{1}{2}$ $color(blue)(5/6) color(red)(-1/8 div1/2)$

$\frac{5}{6} - \frac{1}{8} \times \frac{2}{1} \leftarrow$ $color(blue)(5/6) color(red)(-1/8 xx 2/1)" "larr$ multiply by the reciprocal

$\frac{5}{6} - \frac{1}{4} \leftarrow$ $color(blue)(5/6) color(red)(-1/4)" "larr$ now find a common denominator

$\frac{10 - 3}{12} \leftarrow$ $(10-3)/12 " "larr"$ make equivalent fractions

$\frac{7}{12}$ $7/12$

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