SOLUTION: What number multiplied by the numerator and added to the denominator of the fraction 2/5 makes the resulting fraction 3/4?
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Question 523607: What number multiplied by the numerator and added to the denominator of the fraction 2/5 makes the resulting fraction 3/4?
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Answer by oberobic(2304) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Answer by MathTherapy(10557) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What number multiplied by the numerator and added to the denominator of the fraction 2/5 makes the resulting fraction 3/4?
Let the number be N
Then:
3(5 + N) = 8N ----- Cross-multiplying
15 + 3N = 8N
3N – 8N = - 15
– 5N = - 15
N, or number = , or , or
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