document.write( "Question 19360: This is a problem i'm not quite understanding (more fractions! ) \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "An eagle dives from its nest with a velocity of 8 1/3 ft per second . Find the vertical displacement in 4 1/2 seconds. \n" ); document.write( "

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it might make it easier if you look at fractions as division problems. the first thing I would do here would be to turn the 8 1/3 from a mixed number to a single expression by determining how many thirds are in 8 (multiply whole number by the denominator [bottom number of the fraction]). 1 has 3 thirds, so 8 would have 24 thirds. so 24/3+1/3=25/3\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If the eagle moves 25/3 feet in 1 second, to find the number of feet it moves in 4 1/2 or 9/2 seconds is simple multiplication:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%2825%2F3%29%289%2F2%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "multiply the numerators (25*9) to get 225
\n" ); document.write( "multiply the denominators (3*2) to get 6
\n" ); document.write( "the resulting fraction $\"225%2F6\"$ is a simple division problem that gives your answer...
\n" ); document.write( "225 divided by 6 equals 37.5
\n" ); document.write( "The answer would be 37.5 feet \n" ); document.write( "

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