document.write( "Question 823840: The question is
\n" ); document.write( " 6-4 1/5 they got 6=5 5/5
\n" ); document.write( " 4 1/5 they got answer 1 4/5
\n" ); document.write( "My question is how did they get 6 to equal 5 5/5? The other one is 3-2 1/3 how do you turn 3 into a fraction?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #495874 by rfer(16322)\"\" \"About 
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the fraction 5/5 is the same value as 1, because 5 divided by 5 equals 1.
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\n" ); document.write( "30/5-21/5=9/5
\n" ); document.write( "9/5 reduced equals 1 4/5.
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