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Algebra.Com's Answer #710093 by greenestamps(13198)\"\" \"About 
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If the resulting fraction is 4/5 after 3 is subtracted from both numerator and denominator in the original fraction, then add 3 to the numerator and denominator of the resulting fraction to get back to the original fraction. The original fraction is
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