document.write( "Question 1189319: The denominator of a fraction is 11 more than the numerator. If both the numerator and the denominator are decreased by 1 ​, the resulting fraction is equivalent to 3/14 . Find the fraction.
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document.write( "The fraction is  \"x%2F%28x%2B11%29\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Modified fraction is  \"%28x-1%29%2F%28x%2B10%29\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "An equation is  \"%28x-1%29%2F%28x%2B10%29\" = \"3%2F14\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and find x\r\n" );
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document.write( "    14(x-1)  = 3(x+10)\r\n" );
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document.write( "    14x - 14 = 3x + 30\r\n" );
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document.write( "      11x   = 44\r\n" );
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document.write( "        x   = 44/11 = 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "The fraction is  \"4%2F15\".    ANSWER\r\n" );
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