Question

Find whether the two fractions are equivalent or not.

$\frac{5}{8}$ and $\frac{85}{95}$

Answer 1

Checking whether the fractions are equivalent or not

Equivalent fractions are the fractions that have different numerators and denominators but are equal to the same value.

Given fractions are $\frac{5}{8}$ and $\frac{85}{95}$

Using the cross-product method.

$$\begin{gathered} 5\times 95=475 \\ 85\times 8=680 \end{gathered}$$

After cross product, we will get

$$\begin{gathered} 5\times 95\ne 85\times 8 \\ 475\ne 680 \end{gathered}$$

Therefore, the given fractions are not equivalent. i,e $\frac{5}{8}$$\ne$$\frac{85}{95}$