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Which is closer to negative one negative five over six or negative six over five?
Updated: 8/20/2019
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∙ 11y agoBest Answer
-5/6 is closer to -1 than -6/5, since it is only 1/6 above -1 while -6/5 is 1/5 below -1. 1/6 is less than 1/5 because it has a larger denominator and the same numerator. To put it another way, 1/5 is 0.2 while 1/6 is only 0.1666....
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