Exercise 3 Page 21

We want to simplify the following expression. 89/6 As we can see, we have a complex fraction. Let's rewrite it as a division problem. 89/6 = 8/9 ÷ 6 Now we can write the division by 6 as multiplication by the reciprocal of 6, which is 16. 8/9 ÷ 6 = 8/9 * 1/6 Finally, let's evaluate the expression.

8/9 * 1/6

MultFrac

Multiply fractions

8* 1/9* 6

Multiply

Multiply

8/54

Notice that we can reduce the fraction that we got.

8/54

ReduceFrac

a/b=.a /2./.b /2.

8÷ 2/54÷ 2

SimpQuot

Simplify quotient

4/27

We found that the given complex fraction is equal to 427.