Question

Is 7/8 or 11/10 closer to 1? How did you decide anybody help please?

Answer 1

You can also figure it out by knowing that 7/8 is 1/8 away from 1 and 11/10 is 1/10 away from 1. since 1/10 is smaller than 1/8, you know that 11/10 is closer to 1 than 7/8.

Answer 2

Let

A----->
`(7)/(8)`

B----->
`(11)/(10)`

C----->
`1`

we know that

Point A-------> Multiply numerator and denominator by
`10`

`(7*10)/(8*10) =(70)/(80)`

Point B-------> Multiply numerator and denominator by
`8`

`(11*8)/(10*8) =(88)/(80)`

Point C-------> Multiply numerator and denominator by
`80`

`(1*80)/(1*80) =(80)/(80)`

Find the distance Point A to Point C

`(80)/(80) -(70)/(80) =(10)/(80)`

Find the distance Point B to Point C

`(88)/(80) -(80)/(80) =(8)/(80)`

therefore

`(8)/(80) < (10)/(80)`

Point B is closer to Point C

`(11)/(10)` is closer to
`1`

the answer is

`(11)/(10)` is closer to
`1`