Answer: well if I am correct, then 9/12 is equal to 3/4 so you then have to subtract 1/12 from 9/12 so 8 (8/12) would be what was taken away. (if you were to simplify 8/12 I believe that would be 2/3)
-hope that helped-
let me know if I misunderstood anything or did something wrong
