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1/12 expressed as a decimal is 0.0833 (4dp)

83/1000 expressed as a decimal is 0.083 but write this as 0.0830 for ease of comparison.

0.0833 is greater than 0.0830 (by 0.0003).

Conversely, 0.0830 is less than 0.0833.

Therefore 83/1000 is less than 1/12.

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