document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=562135>Question 562135</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello. I'm a parent trying to help her 6th grade student. How do you solve 9/6 = h/14? 6 doesn't go into 14 evenly so do I need to reduce it to 3/2 and then 3/2 = 21/14? 2 goes into 14 seven times so I multiplied 7 x 3 and got 21. Probably didn't do it right. Please help me refresh my memory. Thanks! Beth </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "you are right that 9/6 reduces to 3/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2F2=h%2F14 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2F2=h%2F14\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I can multiple 3/2 by 7/7 (which equals 1) which will give me 14 as my new denominator and 21 as my numerator\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%283%2F2%29%2A%287%2F7%29=h%2F14 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%283%2F2%29%2A%287%2F7%29=h%2F14\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=21%2F14=h%2F14 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"21%2F14=h%2F14\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So h=21 which is correct\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Two other ways of doing this are to use the cross multiplication method, or to do the opposite of dividing by 14 (and therefore multiplying both sides by 14)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which gives <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2814%2A9%29%2F6=h ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2814%2A9%29%2F6=h\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which again will get us that h=21<BR>\n" );
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