Given a>b>c>d>0 with relatively prime integers. Compare the fractions:
Since all values are positive and a>b>c>d:
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ca vs. ba: Since c<b, we have ca>ba
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ca vs. cb: Since a>b, we have ca>cb
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ca vs. ac: Since a>c>0, we have ca>1>ac
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ca vs. ad: Since a>d and c<a, we have ca>1>ad
Therefore ca is the greatest.
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