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Algebra.Com's Answer #605506 by Edwin McCravy(20055) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "That's not the quick easy way.  Here's the quick easy way:  \r\n" );
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document.write( "It has one downfall, the resulting fraction is not always reduced.\r\n" );
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document.write( " reduces to \r\n" );
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document.write( "But even when that happens it's not all that hard to reduce the fraction we get.\r\n" );
document.write( "So even with that downfall, the method above is still a good easy quick method.\r\n" );
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