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REDUCTION OE VULGAR FRACTIONS.
Reduce and to a common denominator.
Reduce 4% and ^ to a common denominator.
Rule III.
If the less denominator of two fractions divide the great-
r, multiply the terms of that which hath the less denomv
i ator, by the quotient.
Examples.
Reduce -f- and TJT to a common denominator.
frere and and and 3L
3 12 3X4. 12 12 12
Reduce f and to a common denominator.
Reduce £ and -rr to a common denominator.
Rule IV.
When more than two fractions are proposed, it is some-
imes convenient first to reduce two of them to a common
lenominator, and then these and a third, and so on till they
>e all reduced to their least common denominator.
Examples.
Reduce f, and to their least common denom.
By rule 3, we shall have A, A, and A —
; ' . 12 8 24.
2x2 8X3 24 24 24 24
Reduce and ^ to their least common dencm.
By rule 3, we have A»A •> and AA, Ai and A—
J 5 15 20 5X4 15 20
b, rule 2) a„d iA!,=3A,H, aud
•’ '5X4X3,15X4’ 20X3 0060’ 60
Reduce 4, -r*, and to a common denominator.
Reduce 4, and T7T to a common denominator.
Reduce -f, j-, and 5j to a common denominator.