Re: [Phys-L] just for fun

[brian whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

Richard, you followed Surendrath's indirection:

ask rather,
is 2/17 or 3/28 bigger?
2/17 is bigger than 1/9
and
3/28 is smaller than 1/9

Brian Whatcott   Altus OK

On 12/19/2013 9:11 AM, richard lindgren wrote:
> Surendranath
>
> keep going
> and now compare
> 1/6 with 1/8.5
> and clearly 1/6 is bigger
>
> faster for me
>
> Richard
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 19, 2013, at 9:56 AM, Surendranath <surendranath.b@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > how about 25/28 = (28-3)/28 = 1-3/28
> >
> > and 15/17 = (17-2)/17 = 1-2/17
> >
> > and compare 3/18 and 2/17
> >
> >
> > Best Wishes,
> >
> > Surendranath
> >
> > www.surendranath.org
> > www.youtube.com/user/Surendranath1954
> > https://play.google.com/store/search?q=pub:Surendranath.B.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 7:34 PM, John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> wrote:
> >
> > > The question was:
> > >
> > > >   Which is bigger: 25/28 or 15/17?              [1]