Which is greatest?

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Which is greatest?

by islands80 » Thu May 17, 2012 11:27 pm
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What would be the quickest way to solve this?

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by Anurag@Gurome » Fri May 18, 2012 4:08 am
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by Anurag@Gurome » Fri May 18, 2012 4:08 am
islands80 wrote:Image


What would be the quickest way to solve this?

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It can be seen that the numerators of all the fractions is the same, that is, 1. So, now we just need to take a look at the denominators and the fraction with smallest denominator gives the greatest result.

Definitely, denominators of choices, (B), (C), (E) are less than that of (A). And, denominators in choice (E) is also greater than that of (D). So, the correct answer is A.
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