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Question
What happens to the value of a fraction if the denominator of the fraction is decreased while numerator is kept unchanged?
Solution
When the numerator is kept unchanged and the denominator of the fraction is decreased, the value of fraction would increase.
e.g. Fraction = `2/3`
New fraction = `2/2`
Obviously `2/2 > 2/3` ......[∵ 1 > 0.66]
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