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Formation of an Expression

IN A FRACTION...

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IN A FRACTION IF NUMERATOR DENOMINATOR ARE MULTIPLIED BY THE SAME NUMBER THE VALUE OF FRACTION IS __________.

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Solution

let the fraction be x/y
where x= numerator and y = denominator.
so, if num. and deno. are multiplied by a same number , let say 2
it means the value of fraction becomes doubled as
fraction = 2x/2y

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