SOLUTION: write this fraction in simplest form: 42/55 = ?

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Question 38235: write this fraction in simplest form:

42/55 = ?
Answer by mszlmb(115) About Me  (Show Source):
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42/55
let's find the prime roots of both
55=5*11 (both prime numbers)
42=3*7*2 (all prime again)
seeing as how there are no common primes, 42/55 is already in simplest form.