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- 15/26 divided by ( - 5/14 )
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document.write( "   15        5 \r\n" );
document.write( "- ---- ÷ - ----\r\n" );
document.write( "   26       14\r\n" );
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document.write( "Invert the second fraction and change the ÷ to ×\r\n" );
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document.write( "   15       14 \r\n" );
document.write( "- ---- × - ----\r\n" );
document.write( "   26        5\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel by dividing the 15 and the 5 both by 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "    3        \r\n" );
document.write( "   15       14 \r\n" );
document.write( "- ---- × - ----\r\n" );
document.write( "   26        5\r\n" );
document.write( "             1\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel by dividing the 14 and the 26 both by 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "    3        7\r\n" );
document.write( "   15       14 \r\n" );
document.write( "- ---- × - ----\r\n" );
document.write( "   26        5\r\n" );
document.write( "   13        1\r\n" );
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document.write( "It's a negative fraction multiplied by a\r\n" );
document.write( "negative fraction, so the answer will be \r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply numerators and denominators:\r\n" );
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document.write( "      21\r\n" );
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document.write( "      13\r\n" );
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document.write( "If you like you can write that as 1 8/13\r\n" );
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