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Marty ate 4/6 of his pizza Luis ate 5/6 of his. Marty ate more pizza than Luis how is that possible

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it is not posible because 4/6 is lesser than 5/6
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If you simplify 4/6, it comes out to 2/3. Basically because of the fraction size, it looks like Mary ate more because of the simplified denominator of 4/6 is smaller. Luis actually ate more pizza than Mary.
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