How do you simplify (17 * 4 + 17 *9 + 17 *7)/(2+34 + 5*34 + 3*34) ?

1 Answer
May 2, 2018

color(brown)(=> 12/11 = 1(1/11)

Explanation:

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(17*4 + 17*9 + 17*7) / (2 + 34 + 5 * 34 + 3 * 34)

=>(64 + 153 + 119) / (2 + 34 + 170 + 102), color(brown)("Multiplication"

=> (336 / 308), color(brown)("Addition"

=> cancel(336)^color(red)(84) / cancel(308)^color(red)(77)

=>cancel(84)^color(green)(12) / cancel(77)^(color(green)(11)

color(brown)(=> 12/11 = 1(1/11)