What is $17 6/8$ as a mixed number? Thank you!

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-20T09:25:16

$17 6/8$ is already a mixed number.

What are mixed numbers?
However we can reduce it:
$17 6/8=(17*color(red)(8)+6)/8=(138+6)/8=142/8=71/4=$
$=(68+3)/4=17 3/4$

Answer 2 · 2018-04-24T21:04:03

$17 3/4$ in simplest from.

A mixed number consists of a whole number part and a fraction part.

$17 6/8$ is already written as a mixed number.

However, it is not in the simplest form. Both $6 and 8$ are even and can therefore be divided by $2$

$17 (6div2)/(8 div2) = 17 3/4$

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