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Algebra.Com's Answer #560756 by Edwin McCravy(20055) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "How to benchmark them: \r\n" );
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document.write( "Rewrite them with a common denominator:\r\n" );
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document.write( " and  have an LCD of 15\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we write  as  and  as \r\n" );
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document.write( "Then we can use  as a standard to compare  and .\r\n" );
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document.write( "and the two fractions compare as their numerators compare,\r\n" );
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document.write( "in the ratio of 9:10\r\n" );
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