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-11/32 + 5/8 - 15/16

 Sep 5, 2016
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-21/32

 Sep 5, 2016
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Simplify the following:
-11/32+5/8-15/16

Put -11/32+5/8-15/16 over the common denominator 32. -11/32+5/8-15/16 = (-11)/32+(4×5)/32+(2 (-15))/32:
(-11)/32+(4×5)/32+(2 (-15))/32

4×5 = 20:
(-11)/32+20/32+(2 (-15))/32

2 (-15) = -30:
(-11)/32+20/32+-30/32

-11/32+20/32-30/32 = (-11+20-30)/32:
(-11+20-30)/32

-11+20-30 = 20-(11+30):
20-(11+30)/32
Answer: |(-21)/32

 Sep 5, 2016

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