A person is holding two drill bits: one is 3/8 and one is 11/32. The person wants to first drill a hole using the smaller of the two bits. To decide which is smaller, the person expands 3/8 to 32nds. What is the expanded fraction?

PREALGEBRA
15th Edition
ISBN:9781938168994
Author:OpenStax
Publisher:OpenStax
Chapter4: Fractions
Section4.1: Visualize Fractions
Problem 75E: Give an example from your life experience (outside of school) where it was important to understand...
icon
Related questions
Question

A person is holding two drill bits: one is 3/8 and one is 11/32. The person wants to first drill a hole using the smaller of the two bits. To decide which is smaller, the person expands 3/8 to 32nds. What is the expanded fraction?

Expert Solution
trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Binomial Expansion
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, advanced-math and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Recommended textbooks for you
PREALGEBRA
PREALGEBRA
Algebra
ISBN:
9781938168994
Author:
OpenStax
Publisher:
OpenStax
Intermediate Algebra
Intermediate Algebra
Algebra
ISBN:
9781285195728
Author:
Jerome E. Kaufmann, Karen L. Schwitters
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition…
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition…
Algebra
ISBN:
9780547587776
Author:
HOLT MCDOUGAL
Publisher:
HOLT MCDOUGAL
Mathematics For Machine Technology
Mathematics For Machine Technology
Advanced Math
ISBN:
9781337798310
Author:
Peterson, John.
Publisher:
Cengage Learning,
Elementary Algebra
Elementary Algebra
Algebra
ISBN:
9780998625713
Author:
Lynn Marecek, MaryAnne Anthony-Smith
Publisher:
OpenStax - Rice University
College Algebra
College Algebra
Algebra
ISBN:
9781305115545
Author:
James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson
Publisher:
Cengage Learning