How do you subtract $12\frac { 6} { 7} - 8\frac { 3} { 7}$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-11T13:17:04

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We can rewrite this as:

$(12 + 6/7) - (8 + 3/7) =>$

$12 + 6/7 - 8 - 3/7 =>$

$12 - 8 + 6/7 - 3/7 =>$

$(12 - 8) + (6/7 - 3/7) =>$

$4 + (6 - 3)/7 =>$

$4 + 3/7 =>$

$4 3/7$

How do you subtract 12\frac { 6} { 7} - 8\frac { 3} { 7}12\frac { 6} { 7} - 8\frac { 3} { 7}?