SOLUTION: if the fractions 4/5, 1/4, 9/11, 5/9, 3/7, 6/7 and 7/12, are arranged in ascending order then what the fourth fraction will be ?

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Question 1046057: if the fractions 4/5, 1/4, 9/11, 5/9, 3/7, 6/7 and 7/12, are arranged in ascending order then what the fourth fraction will be ?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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One way to think of it is:
4/5, 9/11, 6/7 are quite close to 1
Of the others:
5/9 and 7/12 are around an 1/2: 4/9 = 20/36 and 7/12 = 21/36
The other smaller two are less then a half
arranged in ascending order...
Fourth fraction will be 7/12