Question

2/5 is greater than or less than 2/5^2

Answer 1

Less than, of course..

Answer 2

just testing

Answer 3

wait what? its greater no?

Answer 4

eheh

Answer 5

Nope..

Answer 6

how many 25th in the 2/5?

Answer 7

if you want to convert the 2/5 to 25ths just multiply top and bottom by 5

Answer 8

\(\frac{2}{5}<\frac{2}{5}^2\) is true..

Answer 9

i got it wrong it was greater than

Answer 10

\(\bf \cfrac{2}{5}\qquad \cfrac{2}{5^2}
\\ \quad \\
\cfrac{2}{5}\qquad \cfrac{2}{25}
\\ \quad \\
\cfrac{2\times 5}{5\times 5}\qquad \cfrac{2}{25}\implies ?\)

Answer 11

so 2/5 is really when converting it to 25ths is \(\bf \cfrac{2}{5}\qquad \cfrac{2}{5^2}
\\ \quad \\
\cfrac{2}{5}\qquad \cfrac{2}{25}
\\ \quad \\
\cfrac{2\times 5}{5\times 5}\qquad \cfrac{2}{25}\implies \cfrac{10}{25} > \cfrac{2}{25}\)

Answer 12

Oh! so it's 5 to the power of two, not 2/5 to the power of two. I read that wrong.