What minus 3/9 equals 5/8?

Here we will show you how to calculate "what" in this sentence: "What minus 3/9 equals 5/8?" We start by making this word problem into an algebraic equation where "what" is the variable "x".

x - 3/9 = 5/8

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 = 5/8 + 3/9

x - 3/9 + 3/9 leaves x and 5/8 + 3/9 is 23/24 which means we end up with x = 23/24. Therefore, the answer to "What minus 3/9 equals 5/8?" is as follows:

23/24

It is always good to double-check your math to make sure you did it right. When we entered 23/24 for x in this equation x - 3/9 = 5/8, we get the following true equation which means our math is correct.

23/24 - 3/9 = 5/8

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