Question

say i have something like

(2/3)-(1/3)
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3

do i multiply the top this way
(1/3)(3/1) by flipping the denominator or
multiply it like this (1/3)(1/3)

Answer 1

Are you sure it isn't a subtraction problem since there's a minus sign between the two fractions?

<u>2/3 - 1/3</u> = 1/3
. . . 3

Then you have 1/3 divided by 3
Flip the second number so your problem is:

1/3 * 1/3 = 1/9