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Question 1410 PointsA person is holding two drill bits: one is 3/8 and one is 11/32. The person wants to first drill a hole using thesmaller of the two bits. To decide which is smaller, the person expands 3/8 to 32nds. What is the expandedfraction?A. 12/32B. 11/32C. 9/32D. 14/32

Answer 1

Given two fractions 3/8 and 11/32.

We have to decide which fraction is smaller.

The fraction 3/8 expands to 32nds. This means we have to change the denominator to 32.

To change the denominator to 32, we have to multiply it by 4. If we multiply the denominator with 4, we also have to multiply the numerator with 4 to find an equivalent fraction.

`(3*4)/(8*4)=(12)/(32)`

Thus, the expanded fraction is 12/32.

Thus, option A is correct.