Question

okay I think your name was Mrs Huggins can you please help me with the rest of this fraction I'm really struggling and I accidentally signed off because of a network error I'm really sad please

Answer 1

In a previous session we worked on the subtraction of the mixed numbers 2 1/8 and 1 7/8 and reached the following result:

`2(1)/(8)-1(7)/(8)=(17)/(8)-(15)/(8)=(2)/(8)`

This fraction 2/8 can be simplified. Both values 2 and 8 are divisible by 2, so to simplify the fraction you have to divide the numerator and denominator of the fraction by 2:

`(2/2)/(8/2)=(1)/(4)`