How do you solve 15\frac { 1} { 4} - 13\frac { 6} { 7}?

1 Answer
May 7, 2018

Rewrite then solve

Explanation:

We can rewrite the fraction as:

61/4 - 97/7

now we just give it the same denominator and solve:

(7/7)(61/4) - (4/4)(97/7) *note. since 7/7 and 4/4 are both one we aren't actually changing the value of the fractions.

427/28-388/28

39/28 is out final solution