document.write( "Question 835444: 60 1/4 -58 1/18 need to find the height of the man over his son. I have done this much 1/4=8/8=8/32 then 1/18 =2/2 = 2/32 then I did 60 8/32- 58 2/32 = 2 4/32 for the differance this is where I get stuck how do I break that down to smaller \n" ); document.write( "

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60 1/4 -58 1/18 need to find the height of the man over his son. I have done this much 1/4*8/8=8/32 then 1/18*2/2 = 2/36 then I did 60 8/32- 58 2/36
\n" ); document.write( "= 2 + [1/4 - 1/18] = 2 + [(18-4)/(4*18)] = 2 + [14/
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\n" ); document.write( "60 1/4 -58 1/18
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\n" ); document.write( "= (60-58) + [(1/4)-(1/18)]
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\n" ); document.write( "= 2 + [(18-4)/(4*18)]
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\n" ); document.write( "= 2 + (14/(4*18)
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\n" ); document.write( "= 2 + (7/36)
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\n" ); document.write( "= 2.1944
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
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