Ancient Egyptians did not write the fraction 4/5 as 4/5. Instead they used unit fractions. The numerator of a unit fraction is a
lways 1.No denominator used to represent a given fraction can be repeated. For this reason, Egyptians would have written 4/5 as 1/2 + 1/5 + 1/10 and not as 1/2 + 1/10 + 1/10 + 1/10. Write each of the following as a sum of unit fractions.
Step-by-step explanation: First, convert 1 3/4 to improper fraction form which will give you 7/4. Then find the common denominator of 5/6 and 3/4. The common denominator is 24. 5/6=20/24. 7/4=42/24. 20/24+42/24= 2 7/12.
