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Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

Which of the following has the largest value?

(A) (12)(34)\dfrac{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}{\left(\frac{3}{4}\right)} (B) 1((23)4)\dfrac{1}{\left(\frac{\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)}{4}\right)} (C) ((12)3)4\dfrac{\left(\frac{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}{3}\right)}{4} (D) 1(2(34))\dfrac{1}{\left(\frac{2}{\left(\frac{3}{4}\right)}\right)} (E) (1(23))4\dfrac{\left(\frac{1}{\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)}\right)}{4}

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