Answer
$ \frac{1}{2}$.
Work Step by Step
$\frac{5}{6} - \frac{1}{3} = \frac{5}{6} - \frac{1 \cdot 2}{3 \cdot 2} = \frac{5}{6} - \frac{2}{6} = \frac{5 - 2}{6} = \frac{3}{6} = \frac{1}{2}$.
Basic College Mathematics (10th Edition)
by Lial, Margaret L.; Salzman, Stanley A.; Hestwood, Diana L.
Published by
Pearson
ISBN 10:
0134467795
ISBN 13:
978-0-13446-779-5
Chapter 3 - Adding and Subtracting Fractions - 3.3 Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions - 3.3 Exercises - Page 220: 23
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