document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=283788>Question 283788</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> simplify each complex fraction\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5/6 divided by 1/3 multiplied by 1/4 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "5/6 divided by 1/3 multiplied by 1/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You cannot divide, you have to multiply the reciprocal of the 2nd fraction, it would turn into:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5/6 multiplied by 3/1 multiplied by 1/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Next step, set up the problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now multiply across:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "numerator:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 x 3 = 15 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "15 x 1 = 15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "denominator:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 x 1 = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 x 4 = 24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify, 3 is the highest number able to be divided into both:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15/3 = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24/3 = 8\r<BR>\n" );
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