How do you write $4 3/4$ as an improper fraction?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-03T20:11:56

$19/4$

To aid understanding write as $" "4+3/4$

Multiply by 1 and you do not change the overall value. However multiplying by $1 " as "4/4$ does change the way it looks.

$color(blue)([4color(magenta)(xx1)]+3/4" " =" " [4color(magenta)(xx4/4)]+3/4)$

$" = "16/4+3/4$

$" = "19/4$

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