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Glencoe Math: Course 2, Volume 1
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Exercise 5 Page 44

Start by rewriting the complex fraction as a division problem.

27

Practice makes perfect

We want to simplify the following expression. 9/13 As we can see, we have a complex fraction. Let's rewrite it as a division problem. 9/13 = 9 ÷ 1/3 Now we can write the division by 13 as multiplication by the reciprocal of 13, which is 31. 9 ÷ 1/3 = 9 * 3/1 Finally, let's evaluate the expression.

9 * 3/1
DivByOne

a/1=a

9 * 3
Multiply

Multiply

27

We found that the given complex fraction is equal to 27.

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