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Question
What happens to the value of a fraction if the denominator of the fraction is decreased while numerator is kept unchanged?
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Solution
When the numerator is kept unchanged and the denominator of the fraction is decreased, the value of fraction would increase.
e.g. Fraction = `2/3`
New fraction = `2/2`
Obviously `2/2 > 2/3` ...[∵ 1 > 0.66]
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