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Arrange the (2/3), (3/4), (5/-6), (-7/12) rational numbers in ascending order.

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(2/3), (3/4), (5/-6), (-7/12)

First we write each of the given numbers with a positive denominator.

(5/-6) = [(5× (-1))/ (-6×-1)]

= (-5/6)

LCM of 3, 4, 6 and 12 is 12

Now,

(2/3)= [(2×4)/ (3×4)] = (8/12)

(3/4)= [(3×3)/ (4×3)] = (9/12)

(-5/6)= [(-5×2)/ (6×2)] = (-10/12)

(-7/12)= [(-7×1)/ (12×1)] = (-7/12)

Clearly,

(-10/12)< (-7/12) < (8/12) < (9/12)

Hence,

(-5/6)< (-7/15) < (2/3) < (3/4)



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