What's Bigger 8/9 or 17/24?

Is eight ninths greater than seventeen twenty-fourths? Use this calculator to quickly compare the size of two fractions.
Fraction 1
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Fraction 2
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89
is bigger than
1724
Fraction Decimal Value
89 ≈ 0.889
1724 ≈ 0.708
How much more?
89
is about 25.5% bigger than
1724