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Use inspection or the greatest common divisor to reduce the following fraction to lowest terms. for 18 over 48

how do I solve this problem

 Oct 27, 2014

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The greatest common divisor of 18 and 48 is 6.....so we have

(3 * 6) / (8 * 6)     and "cancelling" the 6s on top and bottom leaves us with  3/8

 

 Oct 27, 2014
 #1
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Best Answer

The greatest common divisor of 18 and 48 is 6.....so we have

(3 * 6) / (8 * 6)     and "cancelling" the 6s on top and bottom leaves us with  3/8

 

CPhill Oct 27, 2014

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