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

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two bits. To decide which is smaller, the person expands 3/8 to 32nds. What is the expanded fraction?

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beks73 [17] · Answer 1 · 2023-11-10T09:27:44+03:00

The expanded fraction is 12/32.

<h3>What is expanded fraction?</h3>

Expanding fractions means making them “bigger.”

Given:

A person is holding two drill bits: one is 3/8 and one is 11/32.

So, to find the smaller and expand 3/8 to 32.

= 3/8* 4/4

= 12/32

Hence, expanded fraction is 12/32.

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