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I need a simple explanation why 2/3 is greater than 2/4

User XeniaSis
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just divide both and got the decimal form as:

2/3= .666

2/4=.5

so now you can easily say which is greater !
as .6>.5

so 2/3>2/4 !!!
User Eric Bonnot
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2/4 = 1/2

but 2/3 = 0.667 is greater than 1/2

so
2/3 is greater than 2/4
User Maxim Kachurovskiy
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