Ned ordered 3/4 of a ton of gravel. He received 2/3 of a ton of gravel. what fraction of his order did he receive? @Mathematics

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Ned ordered 3/4 of a ton of gravel. He received 2/3 of a ton of gravel. what fraction of his order did he receive?  @Mathematics

anonymous · Answer

my question asks me to draw a picture to represent this... that is where I am struggling 
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stormfire1 · Answer

Oops...I read that wrong.  He ordered 3/4 and got 2/3.  So it's really $$\frac{\frac{2}{3}}{\frac{3}{4}}$$Then flip things around to get:$$\frac{2}{3}*\frac{4}{3}=\frac{8}{9}$$

anonymous · Answer

that is what I thought but I was just having trouble drawing it and having it make sense!

mkapad01 · Answer

$$3/4\div2/3$$

stormfire1 · Answer

You can also look at it this way: he ordered .75 and got .67:
.67/.75 = ~.89 on a calculator...but the exact answer is 8/9

mkapad01 · Answer

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