[...]... you take one section at a time and really make sure you understand why the steps work, you will find yourself able to solve a great many applied problems—even those not covered in this book Good luck RHONDA HUETTENMUELLER ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I want to thank my husband and family for their patience during the many months I worked on this project I am also grateful to my students through the years for their...x PREFACE Even those who find algebra easy are stumped by word problems (also called ‘‘applications’’) In this book, word problems are treated very carefully Two important skills needed to solve word problems are discussed earlier... straight across—multiply the numerators (the top numbers) and the denominators (the bottom numbers) Example 2 4 2Á4 8 Á ¼ ¼ : 3 5 3 Á 5 15 Practice 1: 7 1 Á ¼ 6 4 2: 8 6 Á ¼ 15 5 1 Copyright 2003 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Click Here for Terms of Use CHAPTER 1 Fractions 2 3: 5 9 Á ¼ 3 10 4: 40 2 Á ¼ 9 3 5: 3 30 Á ¼ 7 4 Solutions 1: 7 1 7Á1 7 Á ¼ ¼ 6 4 6 Á 4 24 2: 8 6 8Á6 48 Á ¼ ¼ 15 5 15 Á 5 75 3: 5... 100 10 ¼ ¼ 70 7         5 3 1 7 5 3 3 9 1 24 7 16 þ þ þ ¼ Á Á Á Á þ þ þ 5: 48 16 6 9 48 3 16 9 6 24 9 16 15 27 24 112 178 89 ¼ þ þ þ ¼ ¼ 144 144 144 144 144 72 CHAPTER 1 Fractions 19 Whole Number-Fraction Arithmetic A whole number can be written as a fraction whose denominator is 1 With this in mind, we can see that addition and subtraction of whole numbers and fractions are nothing new To add . prior written permission of the publisher. 0-0 7-1 4121 0-7 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: 0-0 7-1 3899 3-8 All trademarks are trademarks of their respective. Demystified by Steven G. Kra ntz Physics Demystified by Stan Gibilisco ALGEBRA DEMYSTIFIED RHONDA HUETTENMUELLER McGRAW-HILL New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan. alt="" ALGEBRA DEMYSTIFIED Other Titles in the McGraw-Hill Demystified Series Astronomy Demystified by Stan Gibilisco Calculus Demystified by Steven G. Kra ntz Physics Demystified by Stan Gibilisco ALGEBRA