Answer :
Answer:
-7/9
Step-by-step explanation:
-3 1/9 - -2 1/3
Subtracting a negative is adding
-3 1/9 +2 1/3
We need to get a common denominator of 9 1/3 *3/3 = 3/9
-3 1/9 + 2 3/9
These have opposite signs, so we subtract the smaller from the larger and take the sign of the larger
3 1/9 - 2 3/9
We have to borrow from the 3 because the fraction is not large enough 3/9 is larger than 1/9
The 3 becomes a 2 and 1/9 becomes 1/9 + 9/9 = 10/9
2 10/9 - 2 3/9 = 7/9
We take the sign on 3 /19 which was negative
-7/9