SOLUTION: what rational number is greater?
5 over 16
or
7 over 18?
show all steps please
thanks soo much!
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Question 21061: what rational number is greater?
5 over 16
or
7 over 18?
show all steps please
thanks soo much!
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can either find a common denominator or express the fractions as decimals. What method do you prefer? I guess the decimal method is too easy, so let's do it the other way.
compared to
Usually we find the LCD, but in this case it will be easier to just use the product of the denominators for the common denominator. That would be , and you don't even have to calculate it!
In order to make a comparison, multiply the first fraction by and the second by .
compared to
compared to
compared to
This means that the second fraction is larger.
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