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Pre-algebra

Found in: Page 230

Book edition Common Core Edition

Author(s) Ron Larson, Laurie Boswell, Timothy D. Kanold, Lee Stiff

Pages 183 pages

ISBN 9780547587776

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Short Answer

Find the sum or difference
$\frac{2}{15} + \frac{7}{15}$

The difference of $\frac{2}{15} a n d \frac{7}{15}$ is $- \frac{1}{3}$ .

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Step 1. Given information

The number is $(\frac{2}{15} - \frac{7}{15})$ .

Step 2. Calculation

Since the denominator of the both the numbers are same, subtract both the numerator keeping the denominator same.

Here, $\frac{2}{15}$ is positive number and $\frac{7}{15}$ is negative number.

Let’s find the difference,

$\begin{matrix} (\frac{2}{15} - \frac{7}{15}) = \frac{2 - 7}{15} \\ = - \frac{5}{15} \\ = - \frac{1}{3} \end{matrix}$

Hence, The difference of $\frac{2}{15} a n d \frac{7}{15}$ is $- \frac{1}{3}$ .

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