Question

The numerator of a fraction is 5 less than the denominator. If 3 is added to both its numerator and denominator, it becomes 1/2. Find the fraction​

Answer 1

Answer:

To begin with, if the numerator of a fraction is 5 less than the denominator, the numerator is: d - 5 (where d represents the denominator). Some examples of these are:

5/10       6/11         4/9

The examples above contains a numerator which each are 5 less than the denominator (10 - 5 = 5(numerator))

If three is added to the numerator and denominator, we know that the value would be 3 more, therefore,

Here are our possibilties:

1/6      

2/7

3/8

4/9

5/10

6/11

7/12

8/13

9/14

10/15

11/16

12/17

13/18

14/19

15/20

16/21

17/22

18/23

19/24

20/25

21/26

22/27

23/28

24/29

25/30

Then just figure out which by adding 3 to each of these fractions create a number 1/2.

Step-by-step explanation: