The cheap answer is, well, all we do is, grab the denominator of one and multiply the other by it, top and bottom, and grab the denominator of the other, and multiply the first one by that one too, that way, both will have the same denominator, and then you can simply check the numerator to see who's larger, let's do so.

surely you can tell.
Answer and explanation:

(x + 6)(x + 7)
List the multiples of 42
42: 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42
Then see which of the multiples add up to 13
1 x 42 = 42 --> 1 + 42
13
2 x 21 = 42 --> 2 + 21
13
3 x 14 = 42 --> 3 + 14
13
6 x 7 = 42 --> 6 + 7 = 13
Answer:
D. is the correct one.........
<span>it all looks confusing when we try to juggle with all those numbers in the head. The problem can be solved systematically by constructing a contingency table.
</span>role/gender B G total
speaking...... 4 4 8
<span> silent............ 4 8 12
total............. 8 12 20
</span>Probability of a child having a speaking part is therefore
(4+4)/20=8/20=2/5
a. 2/5