Answer: Hi!
Your answer is 5/9.
Step-by-step explanation:
We can't subtract two fractions with different denominators. So you need to get a common denominator. To do this, you'll multiply the denominators times each other... but the numerators have to change, too. They get multiplied by the other term's denominator.
So we multiply 8 by 3, and get 24.
Then we multiply 1 by 9, and get 9.
Next we give both terms new denominators -- 9 × 3 = 27.
So now our fractions look like this:
24/27 - 9/27
Since our denominators match, we can subtract the numerators.
24 − 9 = 15
So the answer is:
15/27
(After you simplify it, it will be 5/9.)
Hope this helps!
