Complete this equation 2 2/3 + 4/5 = 40/? + 12/? = ?/?

Answer: (7/8 - 4/5) ^2 = 9

1600

= 0.005625

Step-by-step explanation:

Subtract: 7

8

- 4

5

= 7 · 5

8 · 5

- 4 · 8

5 · 8

= 35

40

- 32

40

= 35 - 32

40

= 3

40

For adding, subtracting, and comparing fractions, it is suitable to adjust both fractions to a common (equal, identical) denominator. The common denominator you can calculate as the least common multiple of the both denominators - LCM (8, 5) = 40. In practice, it is enough to find the common denominator (not necessarily the lowest) by multiplying the denominators: 8 * 5 = 40. In the next intermediate step the fraction result cannot be further simplified by cancelling.

In words - seven eighths minus four fifths = three fortieths.

Exponentiation: the result of step No. 1 ^ 2 = (3

40

) ^ 2 = 32

402

= 9

1600

In words - three fortieths squared = nine one-thousand six-hundredths.