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9. After an increment of 5 in both the numerator anddenominator, a fraction changes to 6/7. Find theoriginal fraction(a) 5/12(b) 7/9(c) 2/5(d) 3/8 |
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Answer» Step-by-step explanation: Let the NUMERATOR be N and the denominator be D, so that fraction is N/D. After an increase of 7 in both numerator as well as the denominator, the fraction changes to 3/4 (N+7)/(D+7) =3/4 3D-4N=7 Two VARIABLES and one EQUATION. Hence more than one solution possible. Possible solutions (N,D) are: (2,5) (5,9), (8,13), (11,17), (14,21), (17,25), (20,29), (23, 33) so on In GENERAL, (2+3a, 5+4a) for a= 1, 2, 3, Here are some results upto a = 25 |
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