(124/289)-(5/17)

Answer 1

To subtract fractions, the denominators must be the same. In this case, the denominators are 289 and 17.

To find a common denominator, we can multiply the denominator of the first fraction (289) by the denominator of the second fraction (17), and vice versa:

289 * 17 = 4913
17 * 289 = 4913

Now we can rewrite the fractions using the common denominator:

(124/289) - (5/17) = (124 * 17)/(289 * 17) - (5 * 289)/(17 * 289)
= 2108/4913 - 1445/4913

Now that the fractions have the same denominator, we can subtract the numerators:

2108/4913 - 1445/4913 = (2108 - 1445)/4913
= 663/4913

Therefore, (124/289) - (5/17) is equal to 663/4913.