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Use multiplication to explain why 3/4 and 8/12 are not equivalent fractions

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Explanation:

3/4 needs to have the same denominator as 8/12 so you can do this by multiplying the denominator by 3 and the top by 3 you get 9/12

Another way would be converting to percents, 3/4= 75% and 8/12= 66.666%

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Because 8/12 is 4/5 in simplified form
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