Prealgebra (7th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.6 - Complex Fractions and Review of Order of Operations - Exercise Set - Page 285: 47

Answer

$-\frac{5}{32}$

Work Step by Step

$(\frac{3}{4}-1)(\frac{1}{8}+\frac{1}{2})$ $=(\frac{3}{4}-\frac{4}{4})(\frac{1}{8}+\frac{4}{8})$ $=(-\frac{1}{4})(\frac{5}{8})$ $=-(\frac{1}{4}\times\frac{5}{8})$ $=-\frac{5}{32}$
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