document.write( "Question 617968: The number of half- pints in 19 gallons of milk? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #388657 by Edwin McCravy(20056)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "\"%2819gal%29%2F1\"×\"%284qt%29%2F%281gal%29\"×\"%282pt%29%2F%281qt%29\"×\"%282hfpt%29%2F%281pt%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Every one of those unit fractions has an equal numerator and denominator,\r\n" );
document.write( "so quantity-wise they are all equal to 1.  In each unit fraction we pick\r\n" );
document.write( "which one is to go on the denominator as the one which will cancel with a\r\n" );
document.write( "unit in the preceding numerator.  I have abbreviated half-pints as \"hfpt\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the gallons:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%2819cross%28gal%29%29%2F1\"×\"%284qt%29%2F%281cross%28gal%29%29\"×\"%282pt%29%2F%281qt%29\"×\"%282hfpt%29%2F%281pt%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the quarts:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%2819cross%28gal%29%29%2F1\"×\"%284cross%28qt%29%29%2F%281cross%28gal%29%29\"×\"%282pt%29%2F%281cross%28qt%29%29\"×\"2hfpt%2F%281pt%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the pints:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%2819cross%28gal%29%29%2F1\"×\"%284cross%28qt%29%29%2F%281cross%28gal%29%29\"×\"%282cross%28pt%29%29%2F%281cross%28qt%29%29\"×\"2hfpt%2F%281cross%28pt%29%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "All we have left is\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%2819%29%2F1\"×\"%284%29%2F%281%29\"×\"%282%29%2F%281%29\"×\"2hfpt%2F1\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"19%2A4%2A2%2A2hfpt\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"304hfpt\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "304 half pints.\r\n" );
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