Decompose Fraction...3

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    Decompose 23/16 into two fractions. Please, show the steps.
     
    nycmathguy, Dec 24, 2021
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    23*(1/16)

    where did you find this? what is hard about this?
     
    MathLover1, Dec 24, 2021
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    I found a video explaining fraction decomposition. Let me post video here.

    Check this out:

     
    nycmathguy, Dec 25, 2021
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    I was wondering what "decomposing" meant here!
    I can understand it meaning "break into two (or more) fractions that add to the given fraction": 23/16= 10/16+ 13/16 (or many other pairs of fractions, or more than two fractions) but I could also set it meaning "break into two (or more) fraction that multiply to the given fraction". 23 is prime so the numerators can only be 1 and 23 but there can be many denominators: 23/16= (1/4)(23/4)= (23/8)(1/2)= (1/8)(23/2) etc.
     
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    Very good. Merry Christmas.
     
    nycmathguy, Dec 25, 2021
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