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The numerator of a fraction is 6 less than the denominator. If 3 is added to the numberator, the fraction is equal to . What is the original fraction equal to?

Let the denominator is


Numerator is


Fraction is :


According to the question:




On cross multiplication, we get




Therefore denominator is = 9


Numerator is =


Fraction is =


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