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document.write( "I will use
to stand for \"numerator\" and
to\r\n" );
document.write( "stand for \"denominator\", so for instance,
stands for \r\n" );
document.write( "the first numerator,
stands for the first denominator,\r\n" );
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stands for the second numerator, etc.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose your problem is of this type:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Get LCD of all denominators DEN1, DEN2, DEN3, and DEN4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Form the fraction
and put it in parentheses\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply all four fractions by
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document.write( "
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document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "Now every one of those denominators will cancel \r\n" );
document.write( "entirely into the LCD, and the end result will be\r\n" );
document.write( "much simpler, like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "
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document.write( "The smae principle works well regardless of how many fractions\r\n" );
document.write( "you have on top or bottom.\r\n" );
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document.write( "1+2 over x divided by 7 over x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write the
as
so that\r\n" );
document.write( "everything will be a fraction, and put parentheses around\r\n" );
document.write( "every fraction:\r\n" );
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document.write( "
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document.write( "Get LCD of all denominators 1, x, and x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then LCD = x \r\n" );
document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "Form the fraction
and put it in parentheses\r\n" );
document.write( "
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document.write( "Multiply all three fractions by
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document.write( "
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document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "Now every one of those denominators will cancel \r\n" );
document.write( "entirely into the LCD, and the end result will be\r\n" );
document.write( "much simpler, like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "
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document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "and that is simply:\r\n" );
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document.write( "
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document.write( "-------------------------\r\n" );
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document.write( "a over b divided by a- 5a over b \r\n" );
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document.write( "
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document.write( "Write the
as
so everything will\r\n" );
document.write( "be a fraction and put parentheses around everything:\r\n" );
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document.write( "
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document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "Get LCD of all denominators
,
, and
.\r\n" );
document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "Form the fraction
and put it in parentheses\r\n" );
document.write( "
\r\n" );
document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "Multiply all four fractions by
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document.write( "
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document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "Now every denominator will cancel \r\n" );
document.write( "entirely into the LCD, and the end result will be\r\n" );
document.write( "much simpler, like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "
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document.write( "which is simply\r\n" );
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document.write( "
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document.write( "Now we can factor out
on the bottom:\r\n" );
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document.write( "
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document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "Now the
's will cancel, leaving a
on top:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:
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document.write( "If I have time I'll come back and do the others.\r\n" );
document.write( "But they're all done the same way.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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