Q. Evaluate the expression shown below and write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.119−111Answer:
Identify like terms: Identify like terms.Both terms have the same denominator, which is 11. This means we can combine them by subtracting the numerators.
Subtract numerators: Subtract the numerators.(119)−(111)=119−1Perform the subtraction: 9−1=8
Write result as fraction: Write the result as a fraction. After subtracting the numerators, we get (8)/11.
Check for simplification: Check if the fraction can be simplified.The numerator 8 and the denominator 11 have no common factors other than 1, so the fraction is already in its simplest form.
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