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Question
Write these fractions appropriately as additions or subtractions:
______ 
= 
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Solution
Total number of parts each circle has = 5
We may observe that the first, second and third circles represent 5, 3 and 2 shaded parts out of 5 equal parts respectively. Clearly, the fraction represented by the third circle is the difference between the fractions represented by the first and second circles.
Hence, `5/5 – 3/5 = 2/5`
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