document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1202921>Question 1202921</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Dhruv bought some white sugar and some brown sugar. He used an equal amount of white and brown sugar. He had 3/5 of the while sugar and 1/2 of the brown sugar left. What fraction of the sugar which Dhruv bought was used?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(1) 4/7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(2) 4/9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3) 5/11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(4) 7/10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: <font color=red size=4>4/9</font>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Explanation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "He has 3/5 of the white sugar left over, so 2/5 of it was used.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "He also used up 1/2 of the brown sugar.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Normally when it comes to fractions we try to get the denominators to be the same (often the LCD). <BR>\n" );
document.write( "In this rare case, I'll make the numerators equal to a common multiple. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I'll go with 2 as this common numerator.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2/5 stays the same<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/2 becomes 2/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dhruv used 2/5 of the white sugar and 2/4 of the brown sugar.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The reason I made the numerators the same was because he used an equal amount of sugar from each type. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "So that's why I want those '2's to match up.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "He used up 2+2 = 4 parts of sugar out of 5+4 = 9 parts total.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore we arrive at <font color=red size=4>4/9</font> to represent the fractional amount of sugar used.<BR>\n" );
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