document.write( "Question 702914: 12/b =6/9 \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Because we have the numerator of each fraction we must compare those numbers, i.e. 6 and 12.
\n" ); document.write( "We can see that 12 is 2 times 6.
\n" ); document.write( "This means we have multiplied the top number of the fraction by 2.
\n" ); document.write( "For these fractions to be equal we must multiply the bottom number by the same amount that we multiplied the top number of the fraction.
\n" ); document.write( "This means we do
\n" ); document.write( "2 times 9 = 18
\n" ); document.write( "Therefore b = 18 \n" ); document.write( "

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