Prealgebra (7th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.5 - Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions - Exercise Set - Page 274: 86

Answer

$\frac{61}{264}$

Work Step by Step

To calculate how much farther a killer bee will chase people for than a honeybee, subtract the distance a honeybee chases from the distance a killer bee chases. $= \frac{1}{4}- \frac{5}{264}$ The least common multiple of the denominators is 264. Adjust the fractions based on the least common multiple. For the first fraction, multiply the numerator and denominator by 66. $\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{66}{66}= \frac{66}{264}$ $ \frac{66}{264}- \frac{5}{264}= \frac{61}{264}$
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