Question

9. MP YOU BE THE TEACHERDescartes says a fraction equivalentto 3 has a 3 in the denominator andaa 1 in the numerator. Is Descartescorrect? Explain.Top

Answer 1

Answer:

$\text{Descartes is incorrect}$

Explanation:

Here, we want to check if Descartes was correct or incorrect

From the question, the fraction has a 3 in the denominator and a 1 in the numerator

What Descartes is saying is that:

$\frac{1\text{ here}}{3\text{ here}}\text{ which is }\frac{1}{3}$

What this simply means is that we are comparing a 1/3 to 3, which is not the same

Hence, we can confidently say Descartes is incorrect