document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=733391>Question 733391</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( "   n - 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " 1/2 + 1/n<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n - 4 + 3/n<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  1 + 2/n<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "first you change the division into a multiplication 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 2n/2n and the second fraction by n/n.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you are using the associative law of multiplication to do this.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "after this is done yuo are left with fractions that can be factored further to simplify them.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "once simplified, the common terms in the numerator and the denominator can be canceled out and you are left with the simplified answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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