SOLUTION: What number subtracted from the numerator and denominator of 151/181 will make it equivalent to 3/4?

SOLUTION: What number subtracted from the numerator and denominator of 151/181 will make it equivalent to 3/4?

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Question 747148: What number subtracted from the numerator and denominator of 151/181 will make it equivalent to 3/4?
Answer by tommyt3rd(5050) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the setup is direct:

Now we'll solve as a proportion:

which simplifies to x=61

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