Find Common Denominator: Find a common denominator for the fractions 25 and 52.Common denominator of 2 and 5 is 10.Convert fractions to have the same denominator.25 becomes 1025 and 52 becomes 104.
Convert Fractions: Subtract the two fractions with the common denominator.(1025)−(104)=(1025−4).Calculate the subtraction in the numerator.25−4=21.
Subtract Fractions: Write the result as a fraction with the common denominator.(1021) is the final fraction.Simplify if possible.