Question

Lynn says that the product of 4/5 and 5/2 is greater than 4/5.Which statement is true?

Answer 1

Answer:5/2 is greater I believe

Explanation:

Answer 2

Lynn was correct because multiplicative factor 5/2 is greater than 1 or the the product is 2 which is greater than 4/5.

Explanation:

Lynn says that the product of 4/5 and 5/2 is greater than 4/5.

We know that if numerator is less that the denominator, then the value of fraction is less than 1.

`(4)/(5)<1`

`(5)/(2)>1`

Product of 4/5 and 5/2 is

`(4)/(5)* (5)/(2)=2`

2 is greater than 4/5. So, Lynn was correct.

If a positive number multiplied by a factor greater than 1, then the product will be larger than the original number.

In the given problem, original number is 4/5 and the multiplicative factor is 5/2.

Lynn was correct because multiplicative factor 5/2 is greater than 1.