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nudgie
nudgie Member Posts: 1,478 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
RIDDLE: 75% can be written as 3/4. How would 58 1/3% be written as a fraction (when reduced to the lowest denominator)?

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  • Unknown
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  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
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    ?
    Isn't 1/3 66 1/3% or am I reading this wrong?

    DUH? I meant that it should be 33 1/3
  • kmygil
    kmygil Member Posts: 876 Member
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    That's just it...
    There is no common denominator, even if you get into decimals. It would be expressed as 59/3 over 100. Yes?

    Kirsten
  • daydreamer110761
    daydreamer110761 Member Posts: 487 Member
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    kmygil said:

    That's just it...
    There is no common denominator, even if you get into decimals. It would be expressed as 59/3 over 100. Yes?

    Kirsten

    huh?
    I hate math.
  • PGLGreg
    PGLGreg Member Posts: 731
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    7 / 12
    Set 58 1/3% to 3(58 1/3) / 3(100), which is (3(58)+1) / 300, or 175 / 300, or 7(25) / 12(25), or 7 / 12.

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