gabriela drank 3 4 of her glass of milk and jenny drank 6 8 of her glass of milk. if the glasses were the same size, did they drink the same amount? use cross multiplication to prove your answer.

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As per the given fraction, they drank the same amount of milk.

In math, fraction refers the numerical values that are a part of the whole. Here the whole can be an object or a group of objects.

Here we have given that, Gabriela drank 3 4 of her glass of milk and jenny drank 6 8 of her glass of milk.

And we need to find if the glasses were the same size, did they drink the same amount

While we are given Gabriela drank 3/4 of her glass of milk and Jenny drank 6/8 of hers.

Let us consider If both glasses were the same size, we can find if they drank the same amount of milk by proving:

Then we looking into the given question we have identified the following fractions

=> 3/4 and 6/8

Let us consider that they are equivalent, then it can be written as,

=> 3/4 = 6/8

By using cross-multiplication on the given fraction, we get

=> 3 x 8 = 6 x 4

=> 24 = 24

Therefore, 24 = 24 is true, we can say they drank the same amount of milk

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