document.write( "Question 534442: If a/b=a/c Why can't you cancel the numerators? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "What do you mean by \"cancel\" the numerators? You can certainly divide both sides of your equation by

and eliminate them that way.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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