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document.write( "Change these mixed fractions to improper fractions\r\n" );
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document.write( "To change the mixed number \r\n" );
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document.write( "to an improper fraction, where W = whole part, \r\n" );
document.write( "N = numerator, D = denominator\r\n" );
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document.write( "IMPROPER FRACTION = \r\n" );
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document.write( " = 15,  = ,  = \r\n" );
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document.write( "IMPROPER FRACTION =  =  = \r\n" );
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document.write( "Following the rule with \r\n" );
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document.write( " = 3,  = ,  = \r\n" );
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document.write( "IMPROPER FRACTION =  =  = \r\n" );
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document.write( "So the original problem\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we use the principle of inverting the second fraction\r\n" );
document.write( "and changing the ÷ to ×\r\n" );
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document.write( " 255      4\r\n" );
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document.write( "  16     15\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the 15 into the 255 and get 17 in the top\r\n" );
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document.write( "  17       \r\n" );
document.write( " 255      4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the 4 into the 16 and get 4 in the bottom\r\n" );
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document.write( "  17      1           \r\n" );
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document.write( "  16     15\r\n" );
document.write( "   4      1\r\n" );
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document.write( "So you end up eith the improper fraction\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now since the original problem was given\r\n" );
document.write( "as mixed fractions, we change this to\r\n" );
document.write( "an improper fraction, by using this rule:\r\n" );
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document.write( "To change the improper fraction  to\r\n" );
document.write( "a mixed fraction,\r\n" );
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document.write( "then the mixed fraction will be:\r\n" );
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document.write( "where  = the numerator,  = the denominator, \r\n" );
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document.write( "So we perform the division D)N \r\n" );
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document.write( " ` 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Here, N = 17, D = 4, Q = 4, R = 1 so \r\n" );
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document.write( " =  becomes\r\n" );
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document.write( " = \r\n" );
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