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: can you please help me answer this question? (((Which rational number is greater 5/16 or 7/18?))) This question is from textbook algebra structure and method

Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
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write these a equal terms and it will be easy to see or divide numerator by denominator and compare them in decimal form
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5/16=.3125
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7/18=.388888
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so we can see that 7/18 is the greater rational number