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egyptian fractions
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Does anyone have any idea how egyptian fractions work? am trying to work out what 15/16 is as an egyptian fraction also 8/15 and 7/24 and if anyone could give a brief outline of how exactly to work it out that would be brilliant thanks in advance.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.They would only use 1 as a numerator and then add up several fractions to get the desired result. so
15/16 = 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16
8/15 = 1/3 + 1/5
7/24 = 1/6 + 1/8
It's explained better here..
http://www.maths.surr...actions/egyptian.html
15/16 = 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16
8/15 = 1/3 + 1/5
7/24 = 1/6 + 1/8
It's explained better here..
http://www.maths.surr...actions/egyptian.html
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