Pls help!!! Consider the calculation 2/3 × 5/8 . Without calculating the product, explain how you know that 3/4 is not the answer. (p.s. they are fractions)

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Adam Dyga asked Jul 11, 2023

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Pls help!!!

Consider the calculation 2/3 × 5/8 .
Without calculating the product, explain how you know that 3/4 is not the answer.
(p.s. they are fractions)

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high-school

Adam Dyga asked Jul 11, 2023

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It is because both fractions are already less than 3/4 and their resulting answer will be even less than what they equal individually.

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