Simplify Negative three and one-half minus negative twelve and one-fourth.

-3 1/2 - -12 1/4

Step-by-step explanation:

8.75 or 8 3/4

When you write down the equation and solve you get 35/4 which simplifies to 8 3/4 or 8.75.

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step-by-step explanation:

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step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!