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2011 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 1

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First, simplify the fractions.

$\dfrac{2+4+6}{1+3+5} - \dfrag{1+3+5}{2+4+6} = \dfrac{12}{9} - \dfrac{9}{12}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)

$\dfrac{12}{9} - \dfrac{9}{12} = \dfrac{48}{36} - \dfrac{27}{36} = \dfrac{21}{36} = \dfrac{7}{12}$

$(C) \dfrac{7}{12}$

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