document.write( "Question 1118417: A boy spent 17/35 of his money on transport and food. If he spends 2/7 on transport only,what fraction does he spend on food \n" ); document.write( "

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A boy spent 17/35 of his money on transport and food. If he spends 2/7 on transport only,what fraction does he spend on food
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You don't need a bunch of equations for something this simple. It's not ROCKET SCIENCE. It's just the entire fraction spent on transportation and food,
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document.write( "less fraction spent on transportation that'll give you the fraction spent on food. That's all!!
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document.write( "As pointed out by IKLEYN, it takes just ONE-LINE to get an answer, which is: 
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document.write( "That's it! Why do these people (THEO, in particular) make everything so DIFFICULT and COMPLEX when they don't have to be?
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document.write( "I guess they just don't know any better. \n" );
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