document.write( "Question 1041071: Change to mixed or whole numbers
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document.write( "17/5
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document.write( "21/7
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document.write( "16/3 \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #656000 by jim_thompson5910(35256)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! I'll do the first one to get you started\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "use a calculator to get 17/5 = 3.4\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Take the decimal portion 0.4 and multiply it with the denominator (5) to get 5*0.4 = 2\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So \n" ); document.write( "the \"3\" comes from the whole part of 3.4 and the '2' comes from the result of 2 shown above\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Another way is to use long division to find that the quotient is 3 and the remainder is 2. Either way, you'll get the same answer. \n" ); document.write( " |