What must be subtracted from the sum of 3/8 and 5/16 to get a difference equal to the product of 5/8 and 3/16?

Question

can you please help thank you

Answer 1

3/8 + 5/16 - x = 5/8 * 3/16

6/16 + 5/16 - x = 15/128

11/16 - x = 15/128

x = 11/16 - 15/128

x = 88/128 - 15/128

x = 73/128

Answer 2

The product of two numbers means that they are multiplied together. the sum of two numbers means they are added together.

make all fractions equal for simplicity 3/8 becomes 6/16 and 5/8 becomes 10/16, I'm sure you can now solve the rest of this yourself 30/256 and 176/256

Answer 3

sum is: 11/16

product is 15/ 128

The unknown nuber you want to substract to get equality.

11/16- x= 15/128

X= 11/16- 15/128= 88/128- 15/128= 73/128.

Hope I did it right.