SOLUTION: suppose you are fishing on a freshwater lake in Canada. you catch a whitefish weighing 14 5/32 pounds. According to the International Game Fish Association, the world's record for

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Question 1167633: suppose you are fishing on a freshwater lake in Canada. you catch a whitefish weighing 14 5/32 pounds. According to the International Game Fish Association, the world's record for largest lake whitefish ever caught is 14 3/8 pounds. Did you set a new world's recordd. Explain by how much did you beat or miss the existing world record.
Answer by ikleyn(52754) About Me  (Show Source):
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14 3/8 is the same as  14 12/32.


Now compare the numbers (the weights) 14 5/32 pounds (the weight of whitefish you catch) with 14 12/32 pounds (the world's record).