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38 ARITHMETIC.<br />

(6) .875 — 5-=? Reducing .875 to a fraction we have<br />

o<br />

07. _ 875 _175_35_7 7 ~ ~ ~ 3_ 7-3 _4_l<br />

' ^'^^^'<br />

1,000 200 40~ 8 8 8~ 8 ~8~2'<br />

^"^•<br />

3 3<br />

Or, by reducing ^ to a decimal, — \<br />

g qqq and then sub-<br />

.375<br />

tracting, we obtain .875 - .375 = .5 = -^, =<br />

— ,<br />

the same answer as above.<br />

^""^ (A + •^^^)<br />

~ (^ - .07)<br />

1^<br />

-8 7 5<br />

.3 7 5<br />

"s'oO Ans<br />

= ? We first perform the<br />

operations as indicated by the signs between the numbers<br />

enclosed by the parentheses. Reduce — to a decimal and<br />

^<br />

5<br />

we obtain ^= .15625 (see example 7).<br />

Adding .15625 and .435,<br />

21<br />

.15 6 25<br />

-=^= .21 ; subtracting, .2 1<br />

•435 ^<br />

sum .5 9125 difference .14<br />

We are now prepared to perform the .59125<br />

operation indicated by the minus sign be- • 1 4<br />

tween the parentheses, which is, difference ,45125 Ans.<br />

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