document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=794601>Question 794601</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> first estimate the answer than find the exact. simpilfy if possible \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9 1/4 times 3 5/6 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #564414 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=EdenWolf><B>EdenWolf(517)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=EdenWolf><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=EdenWolf><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=564414\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 9 1/4 times 3 5/6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, first turn these into improper fractions. There is a trick where you can multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction then add the numerator. For example, 9 times 4 = 36. Add 1 and you get 37. Then you keep the denominator and put 37 at the top.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=37%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"37%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's do this for 3 5/6 too. 3 times 6 = 18. Add 5 and you get 23. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now multiply them.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There's nothing to simplify so multiply the numerators together and the denominators together. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=37%2A23=851 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"37%2A23=851\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2A6=24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2A6=24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This makes <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=851%2F24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"851%2F24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > If you want a mixed number, then see how many times 24 goes into 851.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hmm. <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=24%2A35 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"24%2A35\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > gets 840. <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=24%2A36 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"24%2A36\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > gets 864. This is too big. So 24 goes into 851 35 times. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, subtract 840 from 851.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=851-840=11 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"851-840=11\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Keep the denominator, 24.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This gives us 35 11/24. (Thirty five and eleven twenty fourths)<BR>\n" );
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