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Michael Johnson

How did you come about
²¹/5 -⁵/4 pls shine more light

Oluwaseun Adeyemi

4\(\frac{3}{4}\) - 6\(\frac{1}{4}\)

\(\frac{19}{4}\) - \(\frac{25}{4}\)............(A)

\(\frac{21}{5}\) - \(\frac{5}{4}\).............(B)

Now work out the value of A and the value of B and then find the value \(\frac{A}{B}\)

A = \(\frac{19}{4}\) - \(\frac{25}{4}\)

= \(\frac{-6}{4}\)

B = \(\frac{21}{5}\) x \(\frac{5}{20}\)

= \(\frac{105}{20}\)

= \(\frac{21}{4}\)

But then \(\frac{A}{B}\) = \(\frac{-6}{4}\)

\(\frac{21}{4}\) = \(\frac{-6}{4}\) \(\div\) \(\frac{21}{4}\)

= \(\frac{-6}{4}\) x \(\frac{4}{21}\)

= \(\frac{-24}{84}\)

= \(\frac{-2}{7}\)