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Mixed fraction support #942

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0b101 opened this issue Mar 28, 2019 · 4 comments
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Mixed fraction support #942

0b101 opened this issue Mar 28, 2019 · 4 comments

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@0b101
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0b101 commented Mar 28, 2019

Problem you'd like to fix

There is currently no support for mixed fractions (Wiki).

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If I type in fraction and press EXE

This is what is currently displayed:
NotMixed = Dec

This is what could be displayed if there was support for mixed fractions:
NotMixed = mixed = Dec

Describe the solution you'd like

Add a mixed fraction output when the resulting fraction is improper. Also add a mixed fraction icon/command in the toolbox. Ex: mixed2

Additional context

I don't know if mixed fractions are used outside of the US, but this might help if they aren't:
NotMixed = mixed4 = mixed = Dec

and this

88 goes into NotMixed once. That leaves 78 remaining because subtraction=78. The 1 is added onto the remaining 78. That means NotMixed = mixed4 = mixed = Dec

@boricj
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boricj commented Mar 28, 2019

We don't use mixed fractions in France. I would not show the three forms as that could too large with large results and too distracting. Instead, I would add a new setting to control how fractions are simplified (simple or mixed).

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0b101 commented Mar 28, 2019

That would work,

@INailedIt
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We do use mixed fractions in the UK, however for the majority of mathematicians we prefer to work with improper fractions as they are easier to manipulate. We only tend to use mixed when we're tidying up our work.

@RubenNumworks
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Since version 13 of Epsilon, in the Calculation app, when a fractional output result is selected, an ellipsis button appears and pressing OK or EXE shows additional results among which is the mixed fraction form of the fraction.

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