SOLUTION: Are 1/10 and 5/60 equivanlent fractions?

Question 91048: Are 1/10 and 5/60 equivanlent fractions?
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, stanbon:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Reduce

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In order to reduce , the numerator and denominator must share a common factor. This common number must evenly divide into both of them without any remainder or decimal.

In order to completely reduce the fraction, you must divide the numerator and the denominator by the greatest common factor (GCF). The GCF of and is AMP Parsing Error of []: Invalid expression '': syntax error at /home/ichudov/project_locations/algebra.com/templates/Algebra/Expression.pm line 203. . (note: click here if you need help with finding the GCF). So divide both the numerator and denominator by AMP Parsing Error of []: Invalid expression '': syntax error at /home/ichudov/project_locations/algebra.com/templates/Algebra/Expression.pm line 203. .

In other words, to reduce the fraction you do this

AMP Parsing Error of [(5/)/(60/)]: Invalid expression ')/(60/)': syntax error at /home/ichudov/project_locations/algebra.com/templates/Algebra/Expression.pm line 203. . Plug in the numerator, denominator, and the GCF

AMP Parsing Error of [(1)/(60/)]: Invalid expression ')': syntax error at /home/ichudov/project_locations/algebra.com/templates/Algebra/Expression.pm line 203. . Now divide 5 by to get 1. This is now the new numerator.

Now divide 60 by to get 12. This is now the new denominator.

So

AMP Parsing Error of [(5/)/(60/)=1/12]: Invalid expression ')/(60/)=1/12': syntax error at /home/ichudov/project_locations/algebra.com/templates/Algebra/Expression.pm line 203. .

This means that reduces to

In other words,

since we can see that doesn't equal , this means doesn't equal
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Are 1/10 and 5/60 equivanlent fractions?
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No; the numerator was multiplied by 5 to get 5
but the denominator was multiplied by 6 to get 60.
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1/10 is equivalent to 5/50 on 5/60
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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