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OpenStudy (anonymous):
Divide. Write your answer as a fraction or a mixed number in simplest form
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
\[2\frac{ 5 }{ 2 }\div2\frac{ 1 }{ 8 }\]
OpenStudy (aripotta):
rewrite each mixed fraction as an improper fraction first
OpenStudy (anonymous):
not 5 is it 1
OpenStudy (aripotta):
2 1/2?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
yes
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OpenStudy (aripotta):
ok write each mixed number as an improper fraction. do you know how to do that?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
:(
OpenStudy (anonymous):
no
OpenStudy (aripotta):
ok, all you have to do is multiply the denominator and the whole number, then add the numerator. and it would be over the same denominator
OpenStudy (aripotta):
does that make sense?
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
5/2 and 23/8
OpenStudy (aripotta):
8 x 2 = 16. 16 + 1 = 17. the second fraction would be 17/8
OpenStudy (aripotta):
unless you typed it wrong in the expression?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
yes
OpenStudy (aripotta):
yes meaning you typed it wrong? what's the correct, full question? lol
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
hhhhhhhh 5/2 div17/8 =
OpenStudy (aripotta):
yes, that's what i thought lol. do you know how to divide fractions?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
no
OpenStudy (aripotta):
ok, so you keep the first fraction as is. change the division sign to a multiplication sign and flip the second the fraction|dw:1348527132587:dw|
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