 If we divide one fraction by another, the quotient is a fraction whose numerator is the product of the numerator of the first fraction and the denominator of the second...  First Course in Algebra - Page 180by William Benjamin Fite - 1913 - 334 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 pages
...terms, the numerator of the first fraction and the denominator of the second are the extremes, and the denominator of the first fraction and the numerator of the second are the means. Since the quotient of the first term divided by the second is equal to the quotient... | |
 | Bourdon (M., Louis Pierre Marie) - Arithmetic - 1858 - 262 pages
...its correspondent must form the numerator of the first fraction and the denominator of the second, or the denominator of the first fraction and the numerator of the second. NB All these distinctions in the manner of, writing the proportions furnished by the enunciations of... | |
 | Henry Combes - 1866 - 98 pages
...above, the numerator of the first fraction and the denominator of the second can be divided by 3 ; also the denominator of the first fraction and the numerator of the second can be divided by 4 ; and by multiplying together the results, the answer I is obtained at once. 1... | |
 | George Egbert Fisher, Isaac Joachim Schwatt - Algebra - 1898 - 712 pages
...numerator of the first fraction and the denominator of the second ; and the factor x + y is common to the denominator of the first fraction and the numerator of the second. Canceling these common factors, we have 6(0* -6*) a^-y3 3(a-6)J xy '"ab The factor x is common to the... | |
 | William Benjamin Fite - Algebra - 1913 - 304 pages
...is the product of the numerator of the first fraction and the denominator of the second, and whose denominator is the product of the denominator of the...EXERCISES Perform the following indicated divisions : 1. I-5-J- g 3a26 2. A + 1V " 7C2" 3- 33 • 52 . 32 • 5 \2ab " 24-73"' 10.42.72' _ s ,• 3 ' 3'... | |
 | Marvin Dana - Arithmetic - 1918 - 160 pages
...multiplication. It is simpler merely to cancel the 3. In like fashion, we find that 2 is a common divisor for the denominator of the first fraction and the numerator of the second. Thus, the new denominator of the first fraction becomes 5, the ten being canceled, and the numerator... | |
 | John G. Anderson - Shop mathematics - 1983 - 554 pages
...cross-multiplication. A special type of proportion arises when the second and third terms are equal. (The denominator of the first fraction and the numerator of the second fraction.) When this occurs, the second and third terms are referred to as the "mean proportional."... | |
 | Indra K. Reddy, Mansoor A. Khan - Medical - 2003 - 238 pages
...product of the numerator of first fraction and the denominator of the second fraction always equals the product of the denominator of the first fraction and the numerator of the second fraction. For example, ratios 3:4 and 6:8 are equal, because their cross products (3 x 8 = 4 x 6) are... | |
 | Pearl Gold Solomon - Education - 2007 - 336 pages
...fractions, the product of the numerator of one fraction and the denominator of the second is equal to the product of the denominator of the first fraction and the numerator of the second. This relationship is described as "the product of the means equals the product of the extremes," but... | |
 | Charles R. Miller - Education - 2006 - 304 pages
...first fraction and the denominator of the second fraction can be divided by a common factor. Likewise, the denominator of the first fraction and the numerator of the second fraction can be divided by a common factor. Both 9 and 3 can be divided evenly by 3. Both 32 and 8... | |
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