SOLUTION: How do you benchmark these fractions; 3/5 and 2/3

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Question 924286: How do you benchmark these fractions; 3/5 and 2/3
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

How to benchmark them: 

Rewrite them with a common denominator:

 and  have an LCD of 15

So we write  as  and  as 

Then we can use  as a standard to compare  and .

and the two fractions compare as their numerators compare,

in the ratio of 9:10

Edwin
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