SOLUTION: HOW DO I SIMPLIFY :8/16? 2XY/X ?

Question 29355: HOW DO I SIMPLIFY :8/16?
2XY/X ?
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
can be thought of as . we can then cancel the 8's leaving --> 1/2.

This is the "full" method. In reality, all you need to do is look at the 2 numbers and see what goes into both and divide by that number.

As for . Again, what is common to both the numerator and denominator? Answer is x, so we can cancel them, leaving us with just 2y.

jon.

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