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Question
Identify of the two ratios is larger?
1 : 2 or 2 : 1
Sum
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Solution
1 : 2 or 2 : 1
1 : 2 = `1/2`
2 : 1 = `2/1`
= 2
`2/1 > 1/2`
2 : 1 > 1 : 2
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Chapter 3: Ratio and Proportion - Exercise 3.2 [Page 55]
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