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by GMATGuruNY » Thu Sep 19, 2013 3:47 pm
runningguy wrote:Which of the following is greater than 2/3?

A) 33/50
B) 8/11
C) 3/5
D) 13/27
E) 5/8
One approach is to CROSS-MULTIPLY.

A: 33/50 > 2/3
3*33 > 50*2
99 > 100.
Doesn't work.
Eliminate A.

B: 8/11 > 2/3
3*8 > 11*2
24 > 22.
This works.

The correct answer is B.
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by theCodeToGMAT » Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:15 pm
This Question is very direct as the options provided are wide. As we scan the option choices we see that (b) will give a figure as 0.7_ which is > 0.66
So,

However, Thanks Mitch for a new solution
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