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CEMC Gauss (Grade 8), 2012

Geometry Difficulty 1.1 Junior Find the answer Canada

Points $P$ , $Q$ , $R$ lie in a straight line.

The value of $x$ is

Pick one

Solution

A positive fraction increases in value as its numerator increases and also increases in value as its denominator decreases.

Since the numerators of all five fractions are equal, then the largest of these is the fraction with the smallest denominator.
The largest fraction in the set $\left\{ \frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{3}, \frac{1}{4}, \frac{1}{5}, \frac{1}{10} \right\}$ is $\frac{1}{2}$ .

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