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Describe two methods to compare 13/17 and 0.82. Which do you think is easier and why? |
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Answer» Method I: Conversion of both numbers 13/17 and 0.82 into decimals 13/17 = 0.76 and 0.82 Method II: Conversion of both numbers 13/17 and 0.82 into fractions 0.82 = 82/100 = 41/50 and 13/17 ∴ Method of converting numbers into decimals is easier because we can easily compare the numbers in this method but in other method we will also convert the fractions into like fractions to compare the numbers. |
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