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Oswald told Sarah that 1240×5/6 > 12 for 40 which of the following explains why oswald is correct or incorrect

A Oswald is correct because multiplying always gives you bigger numbers
B Oswald is correct because 5/6 is bigger than one,so that makes it bigger than 1240
C os wald is incorrect because you really divide to work this out, which makes the result smaller
Doswald is incorrect because 5/6 is smaller than 1 and multiplying by less than one gives a smaller number

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Answer:

A

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User Radost
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Answer:

A, but that isn't really the most mathmatical way to put it, and it might not apply to other equations.

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