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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a bag of marbles, 2/5 are red, 2/7 are green, & the rest are blue. What fraction of the marbles are blue?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #45499 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><B>ptaylor(2198)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ptaylor><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=45499\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2/5 are red, 2/7 are green, & the rest are blue\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The blue marbles=1-(2/5+2/7)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The lowest common multiple for 7 and 5 is 35 so we multiply everything by 35/35 and we get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The blue marbles=35/35-(2/5)(35/35)-(2/7)(35/35) simplifying, we have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The blue marbles=35/35-((2)(7))/35-(2)(5))/35 further simplifyinig:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The blue marbles=35/35-14/35-10/35=\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The blue marbles=(35-24)/35=11/35\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "11/35 is the fraction of the marbles that is blue\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "35/35=11/35+2/5+2/7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35/35=11/35+14/35+10/35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35/35=35/35 or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1=1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps.  Happy holidays----ptaylor\r<BR>\n" );
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