2009 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 2
Problem
Which of the following is equal to ?
Solution 1
Multiplying the numerator and the denominator by the same value does not change the value of the fraction. We can multiply both by , getting .
Alternately, we can directly compute that the numerator is , the denominator is , and hence their ratio is .
Solution 2 (Full Solution)
We write both the numerator and denominator with a denominator of first, since the LCM of and is . Next, we multiply both the numerator and denominator by . . -sosiaops
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