document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=73138>Question 73138</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 7 divide by 7 over 8 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F%287%2F8%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F%287%2F8%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The rule that applies here is that when you divide by a fraction you invert the fraction<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and then multiply it by the number that is being divided. Let's apply that rule to this<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First, recognize that you are dividing by the fraction <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%287%2F8%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%287%2F8%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Invert this fraction and get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%288%2F7%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%288%2F7%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The number that is being divided in this problem is the numerator 7.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply this number that is being divided by the inverted fraction:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2A%288%2F7%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2A%288%2F7%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the 7 times the numerator 8 and get 56. So the answer is:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=56%2F7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"56%2F7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and it so happens that the denominator of 7 goes into 56 eight times.  So the answer to<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this problem is 8.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Another way of looking at the last steps of this problem is that:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2A%288%2F7%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2A%288%2F7%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "can be looked at as:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%287%2F1%29%2A%288%2F7%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%287%2F1%29%2A%288%2F7%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this product you can cancel the 7 in the numerator with the 7 in the denominator as<BR>\n" );
document.write( "shown below:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28cross%287%29%2F1%29%2A%288%2Fcross%287%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28cross%287%29%2F1%29%2A%288%2Fcross%287%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and the answer becomes <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8%2F1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8%2F1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or just simply 8.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps give you a sense of how to divide by fractions. </SPAN>\n" );
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