document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=733389>Question 733389</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please solve this complex fraction. Show and explain all steps of how you solved it please. The ---- is a division line. Thank you.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 + b/a<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1 - b/a<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " 2a/b<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a/b - 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "first you change this into a multiplication problem because:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a/b) / (c/d) = (a/b) * (d/c)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then you multiply the first fraction by a/a and you multiply the second fraction by b/b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this removes the fraction parts of the numerators and denominators or each.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you then remove the parts of the numerator that cancel out with equal parts in the denominator.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the result is your answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you are using the associative law of multiplication when you multiply the first fraction by a/a and the second fraction b/b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the associative law of multiplication says you can do the following:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a * b * c = (a * b) * c = a * (b * c)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a * b * c * d = (a * b) * (c * d)\r<BR>\n" );
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