SOLUTION: Susan reads 3 1/2 pages in 3/4 hour. What is the complex fraction?

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Question 771550: Susan reads 3 1/2 pages in 3/4 hour. What is the complex fraction?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Reading rate in unit pages per hour:
%283%261%2F2%29%2F%283%2F4%29, that is using the mixed number.

You might really want something more like, show the denomination of half for the numerator:
3=6%2F2, so

%286%2F2%2B1%2F2%29%2F%282%2F4%29