Subtracting Compound Fractions

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Review: Subtracting Compound Fractions


Explanation

We have an expression here with two fractions in it. We can evaluate the denominators directly to get:



The number 1 over a fraction equals that fraction flipped. You can prove this to yourself by multiplying the first fraction by over , for example. So we have



The number 2 is , so the left side is .

The correct answer is (B).


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