Prealgebra (7th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.5 - Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions - Practice - Page 268: 6

Answer

$\frac{20-y}{4}$

Work Step by Step

$5-\frac{y}{4}$ $=\frac{5}{1}-\frac{y}{4}$ $=\frac{5\times4}{1\times4}-\frac{y\times1}{4\times1}$ $=\frac{20}{4}-\frac{y}{4}$ $=\frac{20-y}{4}$
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