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Several people have helpfully pointed out that I misread the problem, as can readily be seen by my second line. Mea culpa!Ken, I'm guessing you may not have followed this thread carefully from the first instantiation, which followed just the solution path you described.
Yes, upon careful consideration, I agree that 25/28 is NOT 1 - 2/28. Ha ha! I guess this is why my wife insists on balancing our checkbook.
But ... Question for Brian Whatcott: Is your comment intended to indicate some further problem with what I wrote? The comment "it does not follow" seems to point to this part of it:
Since it's obvious that
1 = 1
and 2/28 < 2/17,
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It follows that
1 - 2/28 > 1 - 2/17