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Addition of Fractions

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Question

Simplify: $\frac{7}{24} - \frac{17}{36}$

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Solution

Given: $\frac{7}{24} - \frac{17}{36}$

$L C M (24, 36) = 72$

Now, $\frac{7}{24} - \frac{17}{36}$

$= \frac{7 \times 3}{24 \times 3} - \frac{17 \times 3}{36 \times 2}$

$= \frac{21}{72} - \frac{34}{72} = \frac{21 - 34}{72} = \frac{- 13}{72}$

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Question 2 (i)

Find:
$\frac{7}{24} - \frac{17}{36}$

2^{2} \times 3^{3} \times 2^{4} \times 3^{5} \times 3^{6}

36 \times (- 3) + (- 36) \times 7

- 7 \times \frac{1}{7}

{17 - 3 (2 + 7)}

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