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Ten minus nine eights equals eight and seven eighths.
1/2
Answer = seven eighths of an inch.
8
It is one negative half.
Six and fifteen twenty-fourths
23 and a half minus seven and five eighths equals 15.875
One minus one eighth is seven eighths.
1/8
Two and three-eighths
Ten minus nine eights equals eight and seven eighths.
2 3/4
0.625
1/2
Answer = seven eighths of an inch.
8
It is one negative half.