Which is greater 0.7or 0.5,. 7or 0.7, 0.8 or 0.88.

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Solution

.7 is greater than .5 since .7 is (7/10) and .5 is (5/10)
Here denominator is same and numerator is different. So the number with greater numerator is larger.

.7 is larger than .07 since .7 is(7/10) and .07 is (7/100). Here the numerator is same but denominator is different and the number with lowest denominator is the largest.

.88 is larger than .8 since
.88=.8+.08

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