Question
(3)/(4), (1)/(4), 1(1)/(2) a) Write the above values in ascending order. ) Write the above values in ascending order of their reciprocals.
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Leah
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Answer
1. Ascending order for the initial values : ¼, ¾, 1½. 2. Ascending order for the reciprocals : 1½, ¾, ¼.
Explanation
Ascending order means arranging from the smallest to the largest. For the first part, we have the values ¾, ¼ and 1½. This gives us fractions in denominators of 4 and 2. It would be more helpful to standardize the denominators to the same figure in order to accurately rank them. For the second part of the question, we are to find the reciprocal of each value. The reciprocal of a value is simply 1 divided by the value. After determining the reciprocals, we can then arrange these new values from smallest to largest.