SOLUTION: Change to mixed or whole numbers 17/5 21/7 16/3

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Question 1041071: Change to mixed or whole numbers
17/5
21/7
16/3
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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use a calculator to get 17/5 = 3.4

Take the decimal portion 0.4 and multiply it with the denominator (5) to get 5*0.4 = 2

So 17%2F5+=+3+%26+2%2F5
the "3" comes from the whole part of 3.4 and the '2' comes from the result of 2 shown above

Another way is to use long division to find that the quotient is 3 and the remainder is 2. Either way, you'll get the same answer.