document.write( "Question 91048: Are 1/10 and 5/60 equivanlent fractions? \n" ); document.write( "
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Reduce \"5%2F60\"\r
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Solved by pluggable solver: Reducing Fractions Calculator
In order to reduce \"5%2F60\", the numerator and denominator must share a common factor. This common number must evenly divide into both of them without any remainder or decimal.
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\n" ); document.write( " In order to completely reduce the fraction, you must divide the numerator and the denominator by the greatest common factor (GCF). The GCF of \"5\" and \"60\" is \"\" (note: click here if you need help with finding the GCF). So divide both the numerator and denominator by \"\"
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\n" ); document.write( " In other words, to reduce the fraction you do this
\n" ); document.write( " \"%28numerator%2FGCF%29%2F%28denominator%2FGCF%29=Reduced_Fraction\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"%285%2F%29%2F%2860%2F%29\" Plug in the numerator, denominator, and the GCF
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\n" ); document.write( " \"%281%29%2F%2860%2F%29\" Now divide 5 by to get 1. This is now the new numerator.
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\n" ); document.write( " \"1%2F12\" Now divide 60 by to get 12. This is now the new denominator.
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\n" ); document.write( " So
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\n" ); document.write( " \"%285%2F%29%2F%2860%2F%29=1%2F12\"
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\n" ); document.write( " This means that \"5%2F60\" reduces to \"1%2F12\"
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\n" ); document.write( " In other words, \"5%2F60=1%2F12\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "since we can see that \"1%2F10\" doesn't equal \"1%2F12\", this means \"1%2F10\" doesn't equal \"5%2F60\"
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