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by ajith » Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:34 am
amirp wrote:Hi guys,

I have a hard time understanding how

125%
------
6

turns out to be

5
20 ----- %
6

Can you please walk me through the math?

Thanks
Even I have a hard time understanding this, context, example please

125/6 will never turn out to be 20*5/6, rather it will be 25*5/6
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by amirp » Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:41 am
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by ajith » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:00 pm
well, I get the query now,

125/6 = 120/6 + 5/6 = 20+5/6 = 20 & 5/6 now some people write it 20 5/6

Hope it helped
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