Question

find the difference write the answer as a fraction in lowest terms using $\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{3 } =$

Answer 1

To substract two fractions we need them to have the same denominator

$\begin{gathered} \frac{1}{2}=\frac{3}{6} \\ \frac{1}{3}=\frac{2}{6} \end{gathered}$

Then

$\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{3}=\frac{3}{6}-\frac{2}{6}=\frac{1}{6}$

Since the fraction is in the lowest term, then the answer is 1/6