document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=268>Question 268</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Blake Scott leaves 1/8 of his estate to the boy scouts, 2/9 to the local cancer fund, and the rest to his church.  What fractional part of the estate does the church recieve?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/8  goes to the BOY SCOUTS<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2/9 goes to the cancer fund<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Logically 1/8 +  2/9  + X = 100%, so we must find X.  Therefore we must add 1/8 and 2/9  in order to do that we must find the LCD.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this case the LCD is 72.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/8 =  9/72<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2/9 = 16/72<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9/72 + 16/72 = 25/72<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore 47/72 remains and will go to the Church.  Since there are no common factors between 47 and 72 this answer is in simplest form. </SPAN>\n" );
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