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What is a simpler version of 166,000/186,000?

 May 13, 2014

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"Cancelling" the zeroes, we get

166/186  Which, factoring the top and the bottom, we have

(2*83) / (2*93)   And cancelling the "2s," we have

83/93

 May 13, 2014
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$${\frac{{\mathtt{166}}}{{\mathtt{186}}}} = {\frac{{\mathtt{83}}}{{\mathtt{93}}}} = {\mathtt{0.892\: \!473\: \!118\: \!279\: \!569\: \!9}}$$

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 May 13, 2014
 #2
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Best Answer

"Cancelling" the zeroes, we get

166/186  Which, factoring the top and the bottom, we have

(2*83) / (2*93)   And cancelling the "2s," we have

83/93

CPhill May 13, 2014

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