document.write( "Question 290299: I need to know how the answer was come up with.. 6 5/9 divided by 1 2/3 =59/15 .. how in the world and where did the 15 come from ? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #210071 by jim_thompson5910(35256) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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First note that $\"6%265%2F9=%286%2A9%2B5%29%2F9=59%2F9\"$ and $\"1%262%2F3=%281%2A3%2B2%29%2F3=5%2F3\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So \"6 5/9 divided by 1 2/3\" can be restated to \"59/9 divided by 5/3\" which can be written as $\"%2859%2F9%29%2F%285%2F3%29\"$ . Multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second to then get $\"%2859%2F9%29%283%2F5%29=%2859%2A3%29%2F%289%2A5%29=177%2F45=59%2F15\"$ (note: don't forget to reduce) \n" ); document.write( "

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