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Is 17 over 12 greater than 3 over 5?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Without trying hard or straining our brain, we can see something here immediately:

-- 17/12 is more than ' 1 ', because the numerator is bigger than the denominator.

-- 3/5 is less than ' 1 ', because the numerator is smaller than the denominator.

So 17/12 must be bigger than 3/5 .

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12y ago

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