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Y - 5/8 = 1/4

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Y - 5/8 = 1/4

Y - (5/8) + (5/8) = 1/4 + 5/8

Y = (2/8) + (5/8)

y = 7/8

how you got 2/8 + 5/8 how you made the denominators 8 ?

We need a common denominator.

8/4 = 2 -- so 1/4 = 2/8

http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/common-denominator.html

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