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How can you explain that 3/5 is not equivalent to 18/20
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How can you explain that 3/5 is not equivalent to 18/20

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3/5 is not equivalent to 18/20 because if you convert 3/5 into twentieths (numerator times 4, denominator times 4), you get 12/20, which is obviously not equivalent to 18/20.
User Kavet Kerek
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3/5= .6

and

18/20= .9

that means .6 is not equal to .9
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