document.write( "Question 253126: honestly, i don't know if i classified this right. i don't remember how to do problems with a ration in the bottom and top of a fraction. the problem is 8/10-x/2. do i need to multiply the whole fraction by two, or just the bottom \n" ); document.write( "

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the problem is 8/10-x/2. do i need to multiply the whole fraction by two, or just the bottom
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\n" ); document.write( "Yours is a subtraction problem.
\n" ); document.write( "To add or subtract fractions you need to have a common denominator
\n" ); document.write( "on the fractions. It's like adding apple and oranges. They only
\n" ); document.write( "add if you call them both \"fruit\".
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\n" ); document.write( "The common denominator for your problem is 10.
\n" ); document.write( "Rewrite each fraction with 10 as its denominator:
\n" ); document.write( "(8/10)-(5x/10)
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\n" ); document.write( "Combine the numerators over the common denominator:
\n" ); document.write( "(8-5x)/10
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\n" ); document.write( "That is the best answer you can get.
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\n" ); document.write( "It's like 3 oranges + 5 apples = 8 fruit
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "

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