Question

Subtract and simplify: $\frac{25}{26}-\frac{11}{26}-\frac{8}{26}$

• A. $\frac{2}{26}$
• B. $\frac{1}{26}$
• C. $\frac{3}{13}$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $\frac{3}{13}$

As the denominator are same for all three fraction, we can directly subtract the numerators.

$\therefore \frac{25}{26}-\frac{11}{26}-\frac{8}{26}=\frac{(25-11)-8}{26}$

$=\frac{14-8}{26}$

$=\frac{6}{26}$

To simplify: We can further factorize and cancel the common factors
$\therefore \frac{6}{26}=\frac{2\times 3}{2\times 13}$

$=\frac{3}{13}$