Prealgebra (7th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.7 - Operations on Mixed Numbers - Exercise Set - Page 302: 98

Answer

$-5\frac{11}{12}$

Work Step by Step

$-31\frac{7}{8}-(-26\frac{5}{12})$ $=-31\frac{7}{8}+26\frac{5}{12}$ $=-(31\frac{7}{8}-26\frac{5}{12})$ $=-(31\frac{21}{24}-26\frac{10}{24})$ $=-5\frac{11}{12}$
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