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Which is bigger LCD, 2/15, 4/25

Which is bigger LCD, 2/15, 4/25-example-1

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The least common denominator of them is 75:

15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, ...
25, 50, 75, 100, ...

Five fifteens fit in 75 and three twenty-fives fit in 75, so we have to multiply the first fraction by 5 and the second one by 3:

10/75
12/75

It means that the second one is bigger by 2/75.
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