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document.write( "Write the first term as a division:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Invert the  and change the division sign before it\r\n" );
document.write( "to a multiplication sign:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the 3 into the 12 getting \r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the 2 by the 4, getting 8, and put that over 7\r\n" );
document.write( "for the first term:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Combine the first two terms  which gives \r\n" );
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document.write( "The least common denominator of  and  is \r\n" );
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document.write( "So we multiply  by  and get \r\n" );
document.write( "and we multiply  by  and get \r\n" );
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document.write( "Now add the numerators getting  and place that\r\n" );
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document.write( "If your teacher accepts improper fractions, leave it like\r\n" );
document.write( "that, or change it to a mixed number\r\n" );
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