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Geoff Egarr
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 Jul-14-05, 11:08 AM (EST)
 
"Algebra"
 
   Can someone please tell me what the line between the two numbers in a fraction is called eg in the fraction 2/7, the line between the 2 and the 7?


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  Subject     Author     Message Date     ID  
Algebra Geoff Egarr Jul-14-05 TOP
  RE: Algebra alexb Jul-15-05 1
  RE: Algebra Jaycee Apr-18-07 2
     RE: Algebra octavia odom May-16-07 4
  RE%3A Algebra Mikhail May-01-07 3
  RE: Algebra Chrisezid Jun-15-07 5
  RE: Algebra lsl Jun-19-07 6
  RE: Algebra manish Jun-23-07 7

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alexb
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1. "RE: Algebra"
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   According to S. Schwartzman's The Words of Mathematics, the name's vinculum from the latin bind. The term is usually used for a bar over a group of numbers to indicate their grouping, e.g., over a period to shorten the decimal expression of rational numbers.


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Jaycee
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 Apr-18-07, 11:34 PM (EST)
 
2. "RE: Algebra"
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   It means to divide!!!!!!!


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octavia odom
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 May-16-07, 12:51 PM (EST)
 
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   honey dat does not mean to divide so get it'straight !!!!!!!!!BOO BOO


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Mikhail
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 May-01-07, 06:34 AM (EST)
 
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   I suspect that it is a fractional line


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Chrisezid
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 Jun-15-07, 10:16 AM (EST)
 
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   It is called a 'slash' or a 'bar'


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lsl
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 Jun-19-07, 06:57 AM (EST)
 
6. "RE: Algebra"
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   I have had several text books refer to the line as the fraction bar.


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manish
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 Jun-23-07, 11:23 AM (EST)
 
7. "RE: Algebra"
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   The line between the Numerator and Denominator is called 'Bar'.


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