document.write( "Question 109788: Write the following as a common fraction or mixed number.
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Close. The denominator of the fraction part needs to be 1000 instead of 100. So your answer
\n" ); document.write( "should have been 5 and 679/1000 or $\"5%2B679%2F1000\"$ .
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\n" ); document.write( "[Note that in your answer $\"679%2F100\"$ is equal to $\"6+%2B+79%2F100\"$ in itself. ]
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\n" ); document.write( "You could also have written the answer that:
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"5.679+=+5679%2F1000\"$ which you get from multiplying $\"5.679%2A%281000%2F1000%29\"$ and since the
\n" ); document.write( "numerator of 1000 is equal to the denominator of 1000, this is the same as multiplying
\n" ); document.write( "5.679 by 1.
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