Solve the Fraction Equation: Finding the Missing Term in 7/9 - ? = 2/9

Question

Complete the missing fraction
$\frac{7}{9}-_{——}=\frac{2}{9}$

What is the missing fraction?

00:00 Find the unknown

00:03 Notice that the result has the same denominator

00:06 Therefore the unknown will also have the same denominator

00:09 Now let's understand what the unknown is according to the numerators

00:12 Find the unknown, and substitute in the numerator

00:15 And this is the solution to the question

To solve this problem, we'll follow these steps:

Step 1: Identify the given fractions and set up the equation based on subtraction.
Step 2: Execute the subtraction to find the missing fraction.

Let's work through these steps:

Step 1: Given the equation $\frac{7}{9} - x = \frac{2}{9}$ , we want to find $x$ .
The equation given is $\frac{7}{9} - x = \frac{2}{9}$ .

Step 2: To find $x$ , rearrange the equation to solve for $x$ :
$x = \frac{7}{9} - \frac{2}{9}$

Step 3: Subtract $\frac{2}{9}$ from $\frac{7}{9}$ :
$x = \frac{7 - 2}{9} = \frac{5}{9}$

Therefore, the missing fraction is $\frac{5}{9}$ .

This matches with the correct answer choice provided in the options.

$\frac{5}{9}$