MyLab Math with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Mathematics All Around (6th Edition)
MyLab Math with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Mathematics All Around (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134751740
Author: Thomas Pirnot
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5.1, Problem 79E

Egyptian mathematics had a unique way of writing fractions as sums of unit fractions – that is, fractions of the form   1 n . For example, the fraction 2 9 could be written as 1 6 + 1 18 and also as 1 5 + 1 45 . They would not represent a number like 2 3 as   1 3 + 1 3 ; they would use two different unit fractions. Unit fractions were written by placing the symbol Chapter 5.1, Problem 79E, Egyptian mathematics had a unique way of writing fractions as sums of unit fractions that is, , example 1, which looked somewhat like an eye, over the numeral. For example, 1 3 could be written asChapter 5.1, Problem 79E, Egyptian mathematics had a unique way of writing fractions as sums of unit fractions that is, , example 2. In exercises   79   −   82 , write the given fractions as the sum of unit fractions, using our common notation rather than the cumbersome Egyptian notation. (There may be several correct answers but we will give only one.)

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MyLab Math with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Mathematics All Around (6th Edition)

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