Prealgebra (7th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.4 - Adding and Subtracting Like Fractions, Least Common Denominator, and Equivalent Fractions - Practice - Page 258: 17

Answer

$\frac{49}{56}$

Work Step by Step

$\frac{7}{8}=\frac{x}{56}$ Find x so that the second fraction is equivalent to the first one. We know that $56\div8=7$ so for the numerator (for the second fraction) we multiply 7 by 7 and we get 49
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