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by MBA.Aspirant » Sun Jul 31, 2011 2:13 pm
If the numbers 19/36, 5/11, 12/25, 6/11, and 8/18 were arranged from least to greatest, which number would be in the middle?

A) 19/36
B) 12/25
C) 6/11
D) 5/11
E) 8/18
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by edge » Sun Jul 31, 2011 2:33 pm
I hate these sorting problems, haha. You can see that they are around 0.5. 6/11, 19/36 are greater than 0.5. 8/18 (= 4/9) is about 0.445. 5/11 is about 0.454. 12/25 = 0.48. Hence, 12/25 is the answer (B).
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