Mathematics All Around (6th Edition)
Mathematics All Around (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134434681
Author: Tom Pirnot
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5.1, Problem 80E

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 80E, 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 80E, 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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Mathematics All Around (6th Edition)

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