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  1. January 23rd 2007, 04:39 AM #1
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    Smile Dividing real numbers


    4 - (-3) + 1
    2 - 2 divide (-2) sorry I don't know how to make the division symbol
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    Quote Originally Posted by Patience View Post
    4 - (-3) + 1
    2 - 2 divide (-2) sorry I don't know how to make the division symbol
    I'm going to assume this is
    \frac{4 - (-3) + 1}{2 - \frac{2}{-2}}
    because my only other guess is mathematically impossible.

    \frac{4 - (-3) + 1}{2 - \frac{2}{-2}}

    = \frac{4 - (-3) + 1}{2 - (-1)}

    = \frac{4 + 3 + 1}{2 + 1}

    = \frac{8}{3}

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