Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 8MathsRational Numbers2 Marks
Question
Simplify:
$1+\frac{-4}{5}$
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Answer
$1+\frac{-4}{5}$
The LCM of the denominator 1 and 5 is 5.
Now,
We need to express $\frac{1}{1}$ in the form in which it takes denominator as 5.
$\frac{1}{1}=\frac{1\times5}{1\times5}=\frac{5}{5}$
So,
$\frac{5}{5}+\frac{-4}{5}$
$=\frac{5-4}{5}=\frac{1}{5}$
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