SOLUTION: Find another name for the given number, but with the denominator indicated. Use multiplication by 1? 6/7 = ?/49?

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Question 836563: Find another name for the given number, but with the denominator indicated. Use multiplication by 1? 6/7 = ?/49?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
6%2F7%22%22=%22%22%22%3F%22%2F49

Ask yourself this question:

What does the denominator, 7, on the left of the equal sign
have to be multiplied by to get the denominator, 49, on the right
of the equal sign?

The answer is 7, since 7 times 7 is 49.

Now ask yourself another question.

How do you make 1 using two 7's?

Answer: put one seven over the other, like this 7%2F7

So multiply 6%2F7 by 7%2F7, which changes the looks of
the fraction 6%2F7, but it cannot change the value because 
multiplying by 1 cannot change the value, just the looks:

6%2F7%22%D7%227%2F7%22%22=%22%2242%2F49

So the number that goes where the question mark is, is 42.

6%2F7%22%22=%22%22red%2842%29%2F49

Edwin