The below workout with step by step calculation shows how to find what is the difference between two fractions by subtracting a fraction 7/11 from 7/9. For different, unequal or unlike denominators, use any one of the following methods to find the equivalent fraction for 7/9 minus 7/11.
1. LCM method
2. Cross multiplication method.
7/9-7/11 using LCM Method:
What is 7/9 minus 7/11 as a fraction?
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 7/9
Fraction B: 7/11
What to be found?
7/9-7/11 = ?
Find what's the difference between 7/9 and 7/11.
step 2 Compare the denominators of fractions 7/9 and 7/11 to identify whether it is a like or unlike fraction subtraction. Since the denominators of given fractions 7/9 and 7/11 are not equal, it is said to be unlike fractions subtraction.
step 3For unlike fractions subtraction, find the LCM (least common multiple) of both denominators of fractions 7/9 and 7/11:
The LCM of 9 and 11 is 99.
step 4 Write the fractions 7/9 and 7/11 in the subtraction expression form and multiply LCM with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions.
=7/9-7/11
=(7 x 99)/(9 x 99)-(7 x 99)/(11 x 99)
step 5 Simplify the expression to have common denominator:
=77/99-63/99
step 6 Take the common values out and rewrite the above expression like the below:
=1/99 x (77/1-63/1)
=1/99 x (77 - 63)
step 7Simplify the above expression further:
=1/99 x 14
=14/99
7/9-7/11=14/99
Hence,
7/9 minus 7/11 equals to 14/99 in fraction.
7/9-7/11 using Cross Multiplication Method:
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 7/9
Fraction B: 7/11
What to be found?
7/9-7/11 = ?
Find what's the difference between 7/9 and 7/11.
step 2 Find the product of numerator of Fraction A and denominator of Fraction B (7 x 11), find the product of numerator of Fraction B and denominator of Fraction A (7 x 9), and find the product of both denominators of Fraction A and Fraction B (9 x 11) and rewrite the equation as like the below:
= (7 x 11) - (7 x 9)/(9 x 11)
step 3 Simplify and rewrite the fraction:
= (77 - 63)/99
7/9-7/11 = 14/99
Hence,
7/9 minus 7/11 = 14/99