Program 11.1 Page 228 (221 3rd edition)

[PumaSpeedDrift]

I know I have an earlier version of the book, but could not find a correction, unless I am wrong in reading the example:

In the book, these two methods:

Code: (Objective-C)

-(Fraction *) mul: (Fraction *) f
{
Fraction *result = [[Fraction alloc] init];
//*********

[result setTo: numerator * f.numerator   
over: denominator * f.denominator];

//********
[result reduce];
return result;
}
-(Fraction *) div: (Fraction *) f
{
Fraction *result = [[Fraction alloc] init];
//**********

[result setTo: numerator * f.denominator              
over: denominator * f.numerator];

//*********
[result reduce];
return result;
}

Wouldn't they produce the same result since no math was really applied?
Should they have followed these formulas?

numerator = ((a*d) * (b*c)) / (b * d)   //For Multiply

and

 numerator = ((a*d) / (b*c)) / (b * d)  //For Division

since the output in the book shows otherwise?

[skochan]

When you multiply two fractions you simply multiply the two numerators by each other and the two denominators by each other.  When you divide two fractions, it's the same as multiplying the first by the inverse of the second.

Cheers,

Steve Kochan

[PumaSpeedDrift]

My bad, I didn't realize that was actually happening in the code, I was wrong.  I mis-read the code. ( I think I need to pay closer attention to what I am reading and seeing.)

Thank you Steve!