Bearing in mind that the major axis runs over the y-axis, therefore the "a" component will be under the fraction with the "y", check the picture below.
First one: 3 * 2/3 is equal to 6/3 which is equal to 2 and 2 is less than 3 second one: 5/7 * 3 is equal to 15/7 and 15/7 is greater than 5/7 :))) i hope this is helpful have a nice day
