Question 110046: I'm doing simplify fractions and the problem is 36 over 48.for 36 I ended up getting 3,2,3,2.For 48 i got 4,2,3,2
Answer by edjones(8007)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! you factored the numbers but you didn't simplify the fractions.
you see that 3,2,2 are factors of both of them.
3*2*2=12
divide 12 into each number. 3/4 is the answer.
It really helps if you see that 12 goes into both of them immediately; then you don't have to do the factoring.
Ed
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