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Name: Threasa Please explain how to solve this problem. Someone inherits 1/2 of 1/3 of 1/4 of 1/8 of 8/8 interest in 100 acres of land would equal what. Please show show in detail how to fiqure this answer. I will be working with a lot of fractional interest. |
Hi Threasa.
This is done simply using multiplication:
When you take a fraction of a fraction, you just multiply the fractions together.
(By the way, it isn't necessary to include the 8/8 fraction, since that reduces to 1 anyway.)
Hope this helps,
Stephen La Rocque.
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