Fractions and Decimals
A person was asked to state his age in years. His reply was , "Take my age 3 years hence, multiply it by 3 and subtract 3 times my age 3 years ago and you will know how old I am." What was the age of
Converting each of the given fractions into decimal form, we get,5/6 = 0.838/15 = 0.532/3 = 0.663/4 = 0.754/5 = 0.86/7 = 0.85Clearly, 0.85 does not lie between 0.83 and 0.53Hence the required fraction is 6/7.
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