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May runs 10/4 miles every day after school. Beth says that she runs father than May every day because she runs 5/2 miles every day after school. Is her statement correct?

User Nick Rioux
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No. In fact May and Beth run the exact same distance. A way to check this is looking at whether or not you can multiply or divide both the numerator ( the top number ) and the denominator by the same number to get whole numbers.

Ex.

5/2 (5 * 2 = 10).
(2 * 2 = 4)

5/2=10/4
User OlehZiniak
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no. they both run the same distance. 
User Bastiaan Linders
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