Homework Help: basic math

Posted by Walter on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 2:33pm.

say i have something like

(2/3)-(1/3)
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3

do i multiply the top this way
(1/3)(3/1) by flipping the denominator or
multiply it like this (1/3)(1/3)

basic math - Ms. Sue, Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 3:00pm
Are you sure it isn't a subtraction problem since there's a minus sign between the two fractions?

2/3 - 1/3 = 1/3
. . . 3

Then you have 1/3 divided by 3
Flip the second number so your problem is:

1/3 * 1/3 = 1/9

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