January 9 - Build a Program that Can Calculate Fractions and Output a Fraction in Ruby
In this exercise you'll learn how to effectively perform calculations on fractions in Ruby, including how you can build a method that returns a fraction.
Guide Tasks
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Summary
Build a program that can perform calculations on two fractions and output the value in a string based fraction format.
Exercise Description
The program should be able to take three arguments (two fractions and an operator), passed in as strings, accurately perform calculations on them, and return the result in a string based fraction format.
Sample Input
"1/3", "2/4", "*"
Sample Output
"1/6"
Real World Usage
Being able to perform calculations on complex numbers is critical in a number of scenarios. This particular exercise also allows you to practice proper code organization strategies so that you can write clean code that's easy to read and more practical to scale in the future.