What minus 2/5 equals 4/7?

Here we will show you how to calculate "what" in this sentence: "What minus 2/5 equals 4/7?" We start by making this word problem into an algebraic equation where "what" is the variable "x".

x - 2/5 = 4/7

To solve this equation, we want x alone on the left side of the equation so we start by adding 2/5 on both sides like this:

x - 2/5 + 2/5 = 4/7 + 2/5

x - 2/5 + 2/5 leaves x and 4/7 + 2/5 is 34/35 which means we end up with x = 34/35. Therefore, the answer to "What minus 2/5 equals 4/7?" is as follows:

34/35

It is always good to double-check your math to make sure you did it right. When we entered 34/35 for x in this equation x - 2/5 = 4/7, we get the following true equation which means our math is correct.

34/35 - 2/5 = 4/7

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