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The overall width in cm of several wide-screen televisions are 97.28 cm, 98 4/9 cm, 98 1/25 cm and 97.94 cm. Express these numbers as rational numbers in the form p/q and arrange the widths in ascending order. |
Answer» From the question, The overall width in cm of several wide screen television are, 97.28 cm = 9728/100 … [∵by the decimal removing method] By dividing both numerator and denominator by 4 we get, = 2432/25 cm 98 4/9 cm = by converting mixed fraction into improper fraction we get, = 886/9 cm 98 1/25 cm = by converting mixed fraction into improper fraction we get, = 2451/25 cm 97.94 cm = 9794/100 … [∵by the decimal removing method] By dividing both numerator and denominator by 2 we get, = 4897/50 cm Now, we have to take the LCM of denominators to arrange them in ascending order. The LCM of the denominators 25, 9, 25 and 50 is 450 ∴ 2432/25= [(2432×18)/ (25×18)] = (43776/450) (886/9) = [(886×50)/ (9×50)] = (44300/450) (2451/25) = [(2451×18)/ (25×18)] = (44118/450) (4897/50) = [(4897×9)/ (50×9)] = (44073/450) Then, Now, 43776 < 44073 < 44118 < 44300 Hence, in ascending order = (2432/25) < (4897/50) < (2451/25) < (886/9) ∴97.28 < 97.94 < 98 1/25 cm < 98 4/9 cm. |
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