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Algebra Difficulty 1.9 Junior Find the answer

Which of the following numbers is less than 120\frac{1}{20}?

A number or a short expression. Spacing and $ signs are ignored.

Solution

If 0<a<200<a<20, then 1a>120\frac{1}{a}>\frac{1}{20}. Therefore, 115>120\frac{1}{15}>\frac{1}{20} and 110>120\frac{1}{10}>\frac{1}{20}. Also, 120=0.05\frac{1}{20}=0.05 which is less than both 0.5 and 0.055. Lastly, 120>125\frac{1}{20}>\frac{1}{25} since 0<20<250<20<25. Therefore, 125\frac{1}{25} is the only one of the choices that is less than 120\frac{1}{20}.

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