Question

julia writes 2 fraction with the same denominator that have numerators 5 and 7. What could the denominator be if the sum is less than 1 equal to 1 greater than 1 ?

Answer 1

5/6 and 7/8 is less than one

5/5 and 7/7 is equal to one

6/5 and 8/7 is greater than one

Answer 2

`(5)/(24) +(7)/(24) =(12)/(24) =(1)/(2)`

`(5)/(12) +(7)/(12) =(12)/(12) =1`

`(5)/(6) +(7)/(6) =(12)/(6) =2`

Explanation:

we need to sum two fractions that have the same denominator and the numeratos 5 and 7:

for the sum to be less than one you could have something like this:

`(5)/(24) +(7)/(24) =(12)/(24) =(1)/(2)` -> where
`(1)/(2)=0.5` which is less than one.

for the sum to be equal to one you could have:

`(5)/(12) +(7)/(12) =(12)/(12) =1`

and for the sum to be greater than one you could have:

`(5)/(6) +(7)/(6) =(12)/(6) =2` -> which is greater than one.