SOLUTION: what number is halfway between-5/39 and -6/117?

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Question 1140935: what number is halfway between-5/39 and -6/117?
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Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
what number is halfway between-5/39 and -6/117?
:
39 * 117 = 4563 is the common denominator
- = they have the same sign so we don't have to worry about that now
:
find half of
* =
add to
+
Common denominator is 9126
+ = is half-way

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Note that 117 is a multiple of 3.






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