Answer:
29/6 or 5 4/6 as a mixed fraction
Step-by-step explanation:
Simplify the following:
(8 - 1/2×6 + 24)/6
Hint: | Reduce (-6)/2 to lowest terms. Start by finding the GCD of -6 and 2.
The gcd of -6 and 2 is 2, so (-6)/2 = (2 (-3))/(2×1) = 2/2×-3 = -3:
(8 + -3 + 24)/6
Hint: | Evaluate 8 + 24 using long addition.
| 1 |
| 2 | 4
+ | | 8
| 3 | 2:
(32 - 3)/6
Hint: | Subtract 3 from 32.
| 2 | 12
| 3 | 2
- | | 3
| 2 | 9:
Answer: 29/6
