What minus 3/9 equals 4/6?

Here we will show you how to calculate "what" in this sentence: "What minus 3/9 equals 4/6?" We start by making this word problem into an algebraic equation where "what" is the variable "x".

x - 3/9 = 4/6

To solve this equation, we want x alone on the left side of the equation so we start by adding 3/9 on both sides like this:

x - 3/9 + 3/9 = 4/6 + 3/9

x - 3/9 + 3/9 leaves x and 4/6 + 3/9 is 1 which means we end up with x = 1. Therefore, the answer to "What minus 3/9 equals 4/6?" is as follows:

1

It is always good to double-check your math to make sure you did it right. When we entered 1 for x in this equation x - 3/9 = 4/6, we get the following true equation which means our math is correct.

1 - 3/9 = 4/6

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