document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=21379>Question 21379</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> WHICH RATIONAL NUMBER IS GREATER? 5/16 OR 7/18? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "This can be solved dividing 5/16 by 7/18. If the answer is greater than 1, it means that 5/16 is greater than 7/18. If the answer is less than 1, then we'll conclude that 5/16 is smaller than 7/18.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we have:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%285%2F16%29%2F%287%2F18%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%285%2F16%29%2F%287%2F18%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Nowm recall that dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by its inverse. So we get that the above expression is the same as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%285%2F16%29%2818%2F7%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%285%2F16%29%2818%2F7%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now simplify the 16 and the 18 dividing them by 2, to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%285%2F8%29%2A%289%2F7%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%285%2F8%29%2A%289%2F7%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The result of this multiplication is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%285%2A9%29%2F%288%2A7%29=45%2F56 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%285%2A9%29%2F%288%2A7%29=45%2F56\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since this fraction is smaller than 1 (because 45 is smaller than 56) we conclude that 5/16 is smaller than 7/18.\r<BR>\n" );
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