Question

9. MP YOU BE THE TEACHERDescartes says a fraction equivalentto 3 has a 3 in the denominator andaa 1 in the numerator. Is Descartescorrect? Explain.Top

Answer 1

`\text{Descartes is incorrect}`

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we want to check if Descartes was correct or incorrect

From the question, the fraction has a 3 in the denominator and a 1 in the numerator

What Descartes is saying is that:

`\frac{1\text{ here}}{3\text{ here}}\text{ which is }(1)/(3)`

What this simply means is that we are comparing a 1/3 to 3, which is not the same

Hence, we can confidently say Descartes is incorrect