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by amitansu » Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:33 pm
c is definitely the smallest being negative.

m=9/25, w=15/32

cross-multiply the denominators of each fraction to the numerator of the other one.The bigger the value of multiplication bigger is the fraction.

So w is biggest since 25*15 > 32*9

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by medea66 » Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:20 pm
I guess this was a lot simpler than it looked. I was worried trying to get a common denominator for m & w, and then working c into the equation.

So by using the method you outlined below, its 375 +288 + _____ = 1, so C has to be a negative number that is one less than 665 in order to make the equation true.

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