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Tell what whole number you can substitute for A in each list so the numbers are ordered from least to greatest. If there is none, explain why. 3/A, A/5, 75% (P.S those are supposed to be fractions, and A is an algebra thingy)

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Answer: None

Explanation:

If A=4, say for example, our list becomes: 3/4, 4/5, 75%.

This in decimal form becomes: 0.75, 0.8, 0.75 which is clearly not in ascending order.

If A =5, the list becomes 3/5, 5/5, 75% which clearly is 0.6, 1, 0.75 which is also not in ascending order.

For any value of A greater than 5, the second term A/5 is greater than 1 thus being less than the third term 0.75.

Therefore there is no whole number A that makes the list true.

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