Question

Tell what whole number you can substitute for xx in the following list so the numbers are ordered from least to greatest. 1/x,x/3,80%

Answer 1

x/3 has to be smaller tha 80%
so x can be 2 since 2/3=66% about
1/2 is less thn 2/3

answer is x is 2

Answer 2

Take x = 2.

Explanation:

We have,

The numbers are
`(1)/(x),(x)/(3),0.8`.

We need to find the value of x such that they are ordered from the least to the greatest.

Let us take, x = 2.

So, we get,

`(1)/(x)=(1)/(2)=0.5`

`(x)/(3)=(2)/(3)=0.6`

As, 0.5 < 0.6 < 0.8.

Thus, taking x = 2 gives the desired result.