SOLUTION: Find three unit fractions that have a sum of 11/18 I'm not sure if this is what they are asking: 5/6 + 3/6 + 3/6=11/18 Would this be an answer? Thanks

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Question 6639: Find three unit fractions that have a sum of 11/18
I'm not sure if this is what they are asking: 5/6 + 3/6 + 3/6=11/18
Would this be an answer? Thanks
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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I would think that by "unit fractions", they would mean fractions having a numerator of 1.
So, I would separate the given fraction into the following:
11%2F18+=+2%2F18+%2B+3%2F18+%2B+6%2F18
Now replace each of the new fractions with their eqivalent fractions by simplifying each one of them.
2%2F18+=+1%2F9
3%2F18+=+1%2F6
6%2F18+=+1%2F3
The three unit fractions are:
1%2F9, 1%2F6, 1%2F3