Solve the Fraction Subtraction: 3/2 - 1/2 Step-by-Step

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Solution Steps

00:00 Solve

00:03 First, let's mark the number of squares we have according to the given data

00:07 Let's write the numerical representation of each square

00:17 Now let's subtract (remove) the number of squares according to the corresponding fraction

00:21 The remaining number of squares is the numerator of the answer

00:24 The denominator of the answer equals the number of parts we divided the whole into:

00:27 Any number divided by itself always equals 1

00:30 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

To solve the problem $\frac{3}{2} - \frac{1}{2}$ , we will follow these steps:

Step 1: Identify that both fractions have the same denominator, which allows us to directly subtract their numerators.
Step 2: Perform the subtraction of the numerators while maintaining the common denominator.

Let's apply the steps:
Step 1: The expression is $\frac{3}{2} - \frac{1}{2}$ . Both fractions have a common denominator of 2.

Step 2: Subtract the numerators:
$\frac{3 - 1}{2} = \frac{2}{2}$ .

The expression simplifies to 1 as $\frac{2}{2} = 1$ .

Therefore, the correct answer to the problem is 1.