Question

The denominator of a fraction is 3 times the numerator if 2 is added to numerator the fraction is equal to 1 what is the original number?

Answer 1

Let the numerator be x.
Then the denominator is 3x .

Fraction is x/3x .

$\frac{x + 2}{3x} = 1$
x+2 = 3x

3x-x = 2

2x = 2

x=1

The denominator is 3(1) = 3 .
The numerator is 1 .

The original fraction is 1/3 .