Express as a rational number of the form \( \dfrac{p}{q}\):\( \dfrac{ -8}{3} + \dfrac{-1}{4} + \dfrac{-11}{6} +\dfrac{ 3}{8} – 3\)

Asked by Aaryan | 1 year ago |  83

1 Answer

Solution :-

By taking LCM for 3, 4, 6, 8 and 1 which is 24

\(\dfrac{ ((-8×8) + (-1×6) + (-11×4) + (3×3) – (3×24))}{24}\)

\(\dfrac{ (-64 – 6 – 44 + 9 – 72)}{24}\)

\(\dfrac { -177}{24}\)

Further divide by 3 we get,

\( \dfrac { -177}{24}=\dfrac { -59}{8}\)

Answered by Sakshi | 1 year ago

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