Who ran the shortest distance out of 5/6 2/3 3/4 out these fractions

Mathematics · Middle School · Wed Jan 13 2021

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Given the fractions:

5/6

¾

Determine who ran the shortest distance.

Solution:

in order to determine who ran the shortest distance, we simply need to divide the numerators with their numerators, or simply take the decimal values of the fractions.

5/6

=0.833333 (repeating)

= 0.6666 (repeating)

¾

=0.75

Final answer:
⅔ is the shortest distance the was taken.