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The least common denominator of three fourths and five sixths is twelve.
The least common denominator of five sixths and one fourth is: 12.
To subtract fractions, find a common denominator. The common denominator of 6 and 8 is 24. Therefore, five sixths is equivalent to twenty-fours sixths, and five eighths is equivalent to twenty-four eighths. Subtracting twenty-four eighths from twenty-four sixths gives an answer of three twenty-fourths.
First we convert into like terms, using thirty-sixths. That gives 32 thirty-sixths minus 9 thirty-sixths which is 23 thirty-sixths, which cannot be simplified any further.
You must find a common denominator. 6x9=54 5x9= 45/54 5x6=30/54 answer=15/54 or 5/18 in lowest form