Solve for y in the new equation.
99 × y = 419.00000003 ⇒
y = 419.00000003/99
Let the result written as a fraction.
Now we can write the number as a fraction.
According to our first equation:
y = 4.2323232326
According to our calculations:
y = 419.00000003/99
⇒ 4.2323232326 = 419.00000003/99
Get rid of the decimal places in the fraction above.
- Multiply the top and the bottom number by 100,000,000.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
4.2323232326 = (419.00000003 × 100,000,000)/(99 × 100,000,000)
4.2323232326 = 41,900,000,003/9,900,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
41,900,000,003/9,900,000,000
to the lowest terms, to its simplest equivalent form, irreducible.
To reduce a fraction to the lowest terms divide the numerator and denominator by their greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Factor the numerator and denominator (prime factorization).
41,900,000,003 = 78,229 × 535,607
9,900,000,000 = 28 × 32 × 58 × 11
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
But, the numerator and the denominator have no common factors.
GCF (78,229 × 535,607; 28 × 32 × 58 × 11) = 1
The numerator and the denominator are coprime numbers (no common prime factors, GCF = 1). So, the fraction cannot be reduced (simplified): irreducible fraction.
4. The fraction is an improper one, rewrite it as a mixed number (mixed fraction):
- A mixed number = an integer number and a proper fraction, of the same sign.
- Example 1: 2 1/5; Example 2: - 1 3/7.
- A proper fraction = the numerator is smaller than the denominator.
41,900,000,003 ÷ 9,900,000,000 = 4, remainder = 2,300,000,003 ⇒
41,900,000,003 = 4 × 9,900,000,000 + 2,300,000,003 ⇒
41,900,000,003/9,900,000,000 =
(4 × 9,900,000,000 + 2,300,000,003) / 9,900,000,000 =
(4 × 9,900,000,000) / 9,900,000,000 + 2,300,000,003/9,900,000,000 =
4 + 2,300,000,003/9,900,000,000 =
4 2,300,000,003/9,900,000,000