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We're asked to subtract and[br]simplify the answer, and we

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have 8/18 minus 5/18.

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So subtracting fractions[br]is very

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similar to adding fractions.

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If we have the same denominator,[br]the denominator

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in the difference is going[br]to be the same as the

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denominators in the two[br]numbers that we're

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subtracting, so it's[br]going to be 18.

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And our numerator is going to be[br]the difference between the

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numerators.

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So in this case, it is 8 minus[br]5, and this will be equal to 3

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over 18, which is the answer,[br]but it's not completely

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simplified, because both 3 and[br]18 are divisible by 3.

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So let's divide them[br]both by 3.

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So you divide 3 by 3, you divide[br]18 by 3, and you get 3

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divided by 3 is 1.

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18 divided by 3 is 6,[br]so you get 1/6.

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And just to see this visually,[br]let me draw 18 parts.

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Let me draw 18 parts here.

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So it might be a little bit[br]of a messy drawing.

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I'll try the best I can.

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So let me draw six in[br]this direction.

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So that is three right there.

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We have another three,[br]so that's six parts.

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And then let me split this[br]into three columns.

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So there we go.

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We have 18 parts.

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Now 8/18 is equal to one,[br]two, three, four,

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five, six, seven, eight.

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That's 8/18.

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And now we want to subtract five[br]of the eighteenths, so we

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subtract one, two, three,[br]four, five.

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Now, what do we have[br]left over?

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Well, we have three of the[br]eighteenths left over, so you

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have that right there.

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You have three of the[br]eighteenths left over.

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Now, if you turn three of the[br]eighteenths into one piece,

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how many of those bigger[br]pieces do you have?

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This is one of those[br]big pieces.

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Now, where are the other ones?

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Well, this is another big[br]piece right here.

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This is another big piece[br]right here, another one,

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another one, and another one.

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If you had 18 pieces and you[br]merged three of the pieces

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into one, then you actually end[br]up with only six pieces.

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You end up with six pieces.

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Hopefully, you see that each row[br]is one of the pieces now,

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and the blue is exactly one[br]of the six, so 3/18

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is the same as 1/6.

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