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What rational number between ½ and 2/3 is three times as far from ½ than from 2/3?
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Answered by
DrBob222
Draw a number line.
On the left write 1/2. On the right write 2/3. What is the difference between 2/3 and 1/2. I have 1/6 but you need to confirm that.
Then divide that 1/6. You want the number that is 3 times farther from 1/2 than 2/3 so 3x = 1/6 = 1/18, now add 1/18 to 1/2. If I didn't goof that is the number 5/9. Check it out.
Difference between 1/2 and 5/9 = ??(1)
Difference between 5/9 and 2/3 = ??(2)
Now is the number (1) three times the number (2).
On the left write 1/2. On the right write 2/3. What is the difference between 2/3 and 1/2. I have 1/6 but you need to confirm that.
Then divide that 1/6. You want the number that is 3 times farther from 1/2 than 2/3 so 3x = 1/6 = 1/18, now add 1/18 to 1/2. If I didn't goof that is the number 5/9. Check it out.
Difference between 1/2 and 5/9 = ??(1)
Difference between 5/9 and 2/3 = ??(2)
Now is the number (1) three times the number (2).
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Ryan
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