document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1198341>Question 1198341</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Given that  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+a+%2B++1%2F%28+b%2B2%2Fc+%29+=+17%2F5++ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+a+%2B++1%2F%28+b%2B2%2Fc+%29+=+17%2F5++\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, where a is the integer part of the mixed number, and c is the numerator of the fraction part of the mixed number when the mixed number is written in the least terms, find the product abc.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A) 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B) 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C) 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D) 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E) 3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "17/5 as a mixed number is 3 2/5.  The whole number part is 3; the mixed number part is 2/5.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "We are told that a is the whole number part, so a=3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We are also told that c is the numerator of the fraction part of the mixed number, so c=2.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then we have, for the fraction part of the mixed number,<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2b=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2b=3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=3%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=3%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=3; b=3/2; c=2.  abc = (3)(3/2)(2) = 9.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: A) 9<br><BR>\n" );
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