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Laurine Lueilwitz

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5/12 - 3/12

As both fractions already have a common denominator (bottom numbers), we can jump to the next step which is subtracting the numerators (top numbers)

5/12 - 3/12 = 2/12 = 1/6

While 2/12 is technically correct, we should always reduce our answers to their lowest form.

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