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Calling class functions in main (Beginner's C++)

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We've just learned classes and I'm still pretty confused about them.
Here is my code:
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

class fraction
{
private:
void reduce()
{}


int num, denom;


public:


fraction()
{
num = 0;
denom = 1;
}

fraction(int n, int d)
{
num = n;
if (d = 0)
{ cout << "Can't have a zero denominator!" << endl;
}
else
{denom = d;
}
}



fraction plus(fraction second)
{second.num = (num * second.denom) + (second.num *denom);
second.denom = denom * second.denom;
return second;
}

fraction minus(fraction second)
{second.num = (num * second.denom) - (second.num * denom);
second.denom = denom * second.denom;
return second;
}

fraction times(fraction second)
{second.num = num * second.num;
second.denom = denom * second.denom;
return second;
}

fraction divides(fraction second)
{second.num = num * second.denom;
second.denom = denom * second.num;
return second;
}

double toDecimal()
{ double decimal = (double)num/denom;
return decimal;}

void input()
{char div, op;

cout << "Please enter a fraction in x/y form: ";
cin >> num >> div >> denom;
cout << endl;
cout << "Please enter an operation (*, -, *, /): ";
cin >> op;
if (op == '+')
{fraction plus(num, denom);}
else if (op == '-')
{fraction minus(num, denom);}
else if (op == '*')
{fraction times(num, denom);}
else if (op == '/')
{fraction divides(num, denom);}
else {cout << "That is not a valid operation!" << endl;
exit(1);}
}

void output()
{
cout << num/denom;

}

};

int main()
{ int myFraction = 1/10;


fraction f, frac;
fraction(1, 10);

f.input();
frac = frac.plus(f);
frac.toDecimal();

cout << "1/10 + " << f.output() << " = " << ". " << "which is also " << toDecimal() << endl; //This is WRONG. How can I call my output function and toDecimal function from the class?

return 0;
}


I'm not done with my code yet. I plan to add a private member function to reduce the fraction. But I want to fix this problem first. Also, any other corrections are welcomed. :)/>

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