Question

Question #332c7

Answer 1

`2 1/8=17/8`

Explanation:

To write a mixed number as an improper fraction, we follow these steps:

1) Look at the mixed number and identify the denominator of the fraction.

`2 1/color(red)8`

2) The denominator will also be our denominator in our improper fraction. For the numerator, first you multiply the whole number by the denominator, like so:

`color(blue)2 1/color(red)8=>color(blue)2*color(red)8=>color(green)16`

3) Then you add the product to the numerator in the mixed number. This sum will be the numerator of the improper fraction:

`2 color(purple)1/8`

`color(green)16+color(purple)1=>color(gray)17`

4) Combining the numerator and the denominator, we get the final answer:

`color(gray)17/color(red)8`