Question

A certain fraction is greater than 2. The denominator is 8. What must be true about the numerator?

Answer 1

The numerator must be greater than 16

Explanation:

We are told that a certain fraction is greater than 2. Thus, if the numerator and denominator are x and y respectively, then we have;

x/y > 2

We are further told that the denominator is 8.

Thus;

x/8 > 2

Multiply both sides by 8 to give;

x > 16

Thus,the numerator must be greater than 16.