SOLUTION: Simplify 2- 1/3 -------- 4 + 11/3

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Question 27904: Simplify
2- 1/3
--------
4 + 11/3
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Simplify
2- 1/3
--------
4 + 11/3
= (2- 1/3) 3
---------- X ----
(4 + 11/3) 3
= (2- 1/3)X3
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(4 + 11/3)X3
= [(2X3)- (1/3)X3]
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[(4X3) + (11/3)X3]
=(6-1)/(12+11)
=5/23