Answer:
11/24 is how far off they are from each other. I dont know if it is asking something else though.
Step-by-step explanation:
5/8 - 1/6 =
first off, if you multiply the top and bottom of any fraction by the same thing, it will be equal to the originial fraciton. Based on that, and the fact that you needd to have the same denominator, you just multiply the other fraction by the denominator of the first one.
so it becomes:
30/48 - 8/48
which is 22/48 which simplifies to 11/24.