document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1113374>Question 1113374</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The denominator of a fraction is 5 more than the numerator. but if we subtract 2 from the numerator and the denominator if the fraction, we get 1/6. Find the fraction ? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "In the fraction we end up with, 1/6, the denominator is 5 more than the numerator.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So if we started with a fraction in which the denominator was 5 more than the numerator, and we subtracted 2 from both numerator and denominator to end up with 1/6, then we can find the fraction we started with by adding 2 to both numerator and denominator of our ending fraction, 1/6.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "1+2=3; 6+2=8.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The fraction we started with was 3/8. </SPAN>\n" );
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