SOLUTION: Simplify the complex fraction. {{{(1+(4)/(9))/(1+(2)/(9))}}} Help with this please.

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Question 425605: Simplify the complex fraction.

%281%2B%284%29%2F%289%29%29%2F%281%2B%282%29%2F%289%29%29
Help with this please.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
%281%2B%284%29%2F%289%29%29%2F%281%2B%282%29%2F%289%29%29
Changed the mixed numbers, to improper fractions
%2813%2F9%29%2F%2811%2F9%29
Invert the dividing fraction and multiply
13%2F9 * 9%2F11
Cancel the 9's
13%2F11 = 12%2F11