 | William Scott - Algebra - 1844 - 568 pages
...fractions which have not the same denominator, Rule. Having reduced the fractions to the same denominator, subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and divide the remainder by the common denominator. Examples of the subtraction of algebraic fractions... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - 1844 - 258 pages
...12§ subtrahend. Therefore, to subtract fractions, Reduce both fractions to a common denominator, and subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend. If the numerator of the minuend is less than that of the subtrahend, increase it by the denominator,... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1844 - 246 pages
...12| subtrahend. Therefore, to subtract fractions, Reduce both fractions to a common denominator, and subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend. If the numerator of the minuend is less than that of the subtrahend, increase it by the denominator,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1845 - 382 pages
...+ ex + Id) a3 + a2x — ab2 — b2x CASE VI. 75. To subtract one fractional quantity from another. RULE. I. Reduce the fractions to a common denominator....Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numer* ator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Find... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Algebra - 1848 - 234 pages
...(47.) To subtract one fraction from another. 4 RULE. Reduce the fractions to a common denominator, then subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the...difference over the common denominator. EXAMPLES. 3x+a 2x — a 1. From — - — - subtract — ^ — 4 «> These fractions, when reduced to a' common... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1848 - 302 pages
...and \——. 8a2cd—6bJ+8ad—8ac CASE VI. . 57. To subtract one fractional quantity from another » RULE. I. Reduce the fractions to a common denominator. II. Subtract the numerator of the fraction to be subtracted from the numerator of the other fraction, and place the difference over the... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1848 - 244 pages
...12$ subtrahend. Therefore, to subtract fractions, Reduce both fractions to a common denominator, and subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend. If the numerator of the minuend is less than that of the subtrahend, increase it by the denominator,... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1850 - 256 pages
...observations must give us the following R u LE 1 . — Reduce the fractions to a common denominator. 2. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the...place the difference over the common denominator. (ART. 45.) We may also find the result of any proposed example by means of equations, as in addition.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1853 - 370 pages
...FRACTIONS. 123. To subtract one fraction from another. RULE. Reduce the fractions to a common denominator, subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and write the difference over the common denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. From J. take ~fa. Here 7x11=77 ) , 4v... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 348 pages
...36. We thus obtain fa — fa, the required difference. Hence the following RULE. I. When necessary, reduce the fractions to a common denominator. II....the difference over the common denominator. EXAMPLES FOB PEACTICE. 2. From £ take f . Ans. -fg. 3. From %% take f. Ans. £g. 4. Subtract A- from i. Ans.... | |
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Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 
