SOLUTION: How do you graph a fraction? Example 3/4?

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Question 489166: How do you graph a fraction? Example 3/4?
Found 2 solutions by chessace, stanbon:
Answer by chessace(471) About Me  (Show Source):
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This is not well worded.
It isn't natural to graph a constant number, such as a fraction.
So it must mean "graph the function of multiplying by a fraction".
In this case f(x) = (3/4)x.
Such graphs will always be a straight line which goes through the origin (0,0) and has a slope = the specified fraction.
In this case, it wil go through (4, 3) e.g.

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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How do you graph a fraction? Example 3/4?
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Mark the mid-point between 0 and 1
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Mark the mid-point between 1/2 and 1
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That is the point for 3/4.
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Cheers,
Stan H.