1994 AJHSME Problems/Problem 1
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[hide]Problem
Which of the following is the largest?
Solution 1
C and D are the only answer choices where the numerator is close to half of the denominator. and . Thus the answer is
Solution 2
Multiply every answer choice by , the LCM of all of the answer choices. This gives
of which is the largest.
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