document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=342973>Question 342973</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> We are doing addition of negative fractions. The question is (-4/9)+1/2...my answer is 1/48, but I know the answer is 29/48  because I looked it up. How is it 29/48? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Sorry, both wrong.  And I know that without even doing the problem.  How?  Because 9 does not divide evenly into 48, and therefore 48 cannot be a common denominator and therefore the sum cannot have a denominator of 48.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In fact, the common denominator of 2 and 9 is 18.  So:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \left(-\frac{4}{9}\right)+\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)\ =\ \left(-\frac{8}{18}\right)+\left(\frac{9}{18}\right)\ =\ \frac{1}{18}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Only two possibilities:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) you looked up the answer to a different problem by mistake, or\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) the book with the answers has a misprint.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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