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No because 1/2 is greater than 1/3.

If you convert these fractions to decimal it may be easier to see why:

1/2 = 1 divided by 2 = 0.5

1/3 = 1 divided by 3 = 0.3333...

Of these two numbers 0.5 is greater that 0.333.

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