document.write( "Question 473061: can you arrange numerals 1 to 9 in a single fraction that is exactly one third? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #324378 by Edwin McCravy(20056)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "There are two ways:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. \"5823%2F17469=1%2F3\"\r\n" );
document.write( "2. \"5832%2F17496=1%2F3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "How'd I get that?\r\n" );
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document.write( "I knew it has to be a 4-digit number on top and\r\n" );
document.write( "a 5 digit number on the bottom.  I knew that\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"6000%2F18000+=1%2F3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "has to be close.  The numerator has to be increased or\r\n" );
document.write( "decreasd with the denominator always being 3 times the \r\n" );
document.write( "numerator, so that we don't use the same digit twice \r\n" );
document.write( "or any zeros.\r\n" );
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document.write( "I used a TI-84 calculator.\r\n" );
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document.write( "I pressed CLEAR\r\n" );
document.write( "I pressed Y=\r\n" );
document.write( "After  \Y1= I typed 3X\r\n" );
document.write( "I pressed 2ND\r\n" );
document.write( "I pressed Window\r\n" );
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document.write( "I made this menu read\r\n" );
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document.write( "TABLE SETUP\r\n" );
document.write( " TblStart=6000\r\n" );
document.write( " ᅀTbl=1\r\n" );
document.write( "Indpnt: Auto Ask\r\n" );
document.write( "Depend: Auto Ask  \r\n" );
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document.write( "with \"Auto\" highlighted in both places\r\n" );
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document.write( "then \r\n" );
document.write( "I pressed 2ND\r\n" );
document.write( "I pressed GRAPH\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then I pressed the up arrow looking under the X and the Y1 \r\n" );
document.write( "columns until I got to a case where all 9 digits appeared.  \r\n" );
document.write( "It didn't take me long to find those two that way.\r\n" );
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