Prealgebra (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321955048
ISBN 13: 978-0-32195-504-3

Chapter 4 - Section 4.7 - Operations on Mixed Numbers - Exercise Set - Page 302: 101

Answer

$-1\frac{23}{24}$

Work Step by Step

$11\frac{7}{8}-13\frac{5}{6}$ $=-13\frac{5}{6}+11\frac{7}{8}$ $=-(13\frac{5}{6}-11\frac{7}{8})$ $=-(13\frac{20}{24}-11\frac{21}{24})$ $=-(12\frac{44}{24}-11\frac{21}{24})$ $=-1\frac{23}{24}$
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