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What number can be subtracted from both the numerator and the denominator of 34 over 53 to equal 1 over 2?
The question, in algebraic notation, is (34-x)/(53-x) = 1/2. Cross-multiplying gives us: 2(34-x) = 53-x; distributing the 2 gives us: 68-2x = 53-x; adding 2x to both sides yields: 68 = 53+x; subtracting 53 from both sides gives the answer: 15 = x;
Putting that answer back into the original problem: (34-15)/(53-15) = 19/38 = 1/2
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When a numerator is greater than or equal to the denominator?
When the numerator is equal to the denominator it equals 1 if the numerator is greater than the denominator then you could change it to a mixed number like 3/2 equals 1 1/2
What numerator is greater than or equal to the denominator?
It is anImproper fraction,ONLY if the numerator is bigger than the denominator, and if the numerator and denominator are the same it is a whole number.example of an improper fraction: 5/3example of a whole number: 7/7
The numerator number tells us what?
A numeral used to indicate a count, particularly of the equal parts in a fraction. A numerator is the number on top of the fraction. For example, in 3/4, 3 is the numerator and 4 is the denominator.
Mix number to improper fraction?
You multiply the whole number by the denominator, then whatever that answer is you add the nominator to it. Then that's your new nominator. But the denominator in the mixed number is still the denominator.
How can you tell if a fraction is equivalent to 1?
A fraction is equal to one if its denominator and numerator are equal.
