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Eric has a riddle: "I am thinking of a fraction that is equivalent to 2/5 and the numerator is 18 less than the denominator." What is Eric's fraction?
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Eric has a riddle: "I am thinking of a fraction that is equivalent to 2/5

and the numerator is 18 less than the denominator."
What is Eric's fraction?

User Cwohlman
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18/45i.e 18/9=2,45/9=5

thus it becomes 2/5

User Tim Hong
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Answer:

12/30

Explanation:

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