Question

Given the following expression. 2 1/4 - (-3 2/5) A. Rewrite the expression using addition. B. Evaluate the expression.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. 2 1/4 + 3 2/5

B. 113/20

Step-by-step explanation: For A: All you had to do was multiply -1(-3 2/5) and that was going to make your answer positive because the negatives were going to cancel each other out.

For B: First you had to make your fractions improper fractions instead of mixed numbers. And that would make it 9/4 + 17/5. Next, since they don't have the same denominator, you would have had to find the least common multiple of 5 and 4 which is 20. So then how ever many times your denominator went in to 20, that's what you'll multiply your numerator by. 45/20 + 68/20= 113/20