Q. Simplify. Express your answer as a single fraction in simplest form. 10−3ab
Convert to Common Fraction: To combine the whole number10 with the fraction ba/3, we need to express 10 as a fraction with a common denominator of 3. We can do this by multiplying 10 by 33, which is equivalent to 1. So, 10 becomes 10×33=330.
Subtract Fractions: Now we have the fraction 330 and we need to subtract 3ab from it.Since both fractions have the same denominator, we can subtract the numerators directly.The new numerator will be 30−ab.
Final Result: The resulting fraction is (30−ab)/3. This is already in simplest form because the numerator and the denominator have no common factors other than 1.
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