Question

Is 47/8 less then 23/4

Answer 1

no

Explanation:

Generally you can't really compare two functions with a different denomination, and you want to multiply the fractions by some fraction:
`(a)/(a)` which simplifies to one so we're not changing the value of the fraction at all but it helps so we have the same denominator.

You'll notice we can multiply 4 by 2 to get 8, which would give us the same denominator as 8.

`(23)/(4)*(2)/(2)=(46)/(8)`

Now it's much easier to compare:
`(47)/(8)\text{ and }(46)/(8)` and here all we have to compare is the numerators, and obviously 47 is greater than 46 so the 47/8 is greater than the 23/4. This means 47/8 is not less than 23/4